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McCarty v. State

Citations

  • 616 S.W.2d 194
  • 1981 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 978

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  • holding that a conviction for prostitution was supported by sufficient evidence where implied offers were made by both the defendant and the arresting officer
  • holding that conviction for prostitution was supported by sufficient evidence where implied offers were made by both defendant and arresting officer
  • holding that protracted negotiations between the officer and the defendant over price, which included implied offers by both parties, constituted factually sufficient evidence to support a conviction for prostitution
  • defendant \haggled\ over price of explicit sexual act she had proposed
  • “The definition of prostitution as being a person who engages or agrees or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee is not so vague as to make persons of common intelligence guess at its meaning.”
  • section 43.02(a)(1)’s term of “offer” is not unconstitutionally vague

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Judges: Odom, Davis, McCormick

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