State v. Curtis Maxie

Citations

• 187 A.3d 330

Syllabus

The defendant appealed from a judgment of conviction on three counts of first-degree sexual assault, one count of sex trafficking of a minor, and one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor. The defendant's appeal centered on whether the trial justice erred in denying his motion to dismiss the counts charging him with sex trafficking of a minor, in violation of G.L. 1956 § 11-67-6, and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor. The Supreme Court concluded that those two counts should have been dismissed, holding that § 11-67-6 failed to state a crime. The defendant also raised two evidentiary issues, but the Court determined that one was without merit and the other had been waived. Accordingly, the Supreme Court vacated the judgment of conviction with respect to the count charging the defendant with committing sex trafficking of a minor and the count charging him with conspiring to do so, and it affirmed the judgment of conviction in all other respects.