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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 22:25:47+00:00

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showing that the prostitution involved a child younger than eighteen (18) years old.
The penalties and punishments for each version of the offense is different because an offense charged under Subsection (a)(1) is a felony of the second-degree while an offense under Subsection (a)(2) is charged as a felony of the first-degree.
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another person to commit prostitution.
The Statute requires fraud, threat or force although no magnitude is specified. Although the statute appears to require that the other person actually committed prostitution, the courts have held that the actual commission of prostitution is not required. See Davis v. State, 635 S.W.2d 737 (Tex.Crim.App.1982) and Waggoner v. State, 897 S.W.2d 510 (Tex.App. Austin, 1995).
For prosecutions involving promoting under aged prostitution, the person that is being compelled to commit the act of prostitution must be less than 18 years old, regardless of whether the defendant knows the age of the child at the time of the offense.
See Waggoner v. State, 897 S.W.2d 510, 512 (Tex. App.–Austin 1995, no pet.) (citing Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 6.04(a) (West 2011)).
The courts in other states when interrepting similar statutes have found that: “The purpose of … this statute is to provide maximum protection for minors from the harmful, cumulative effects of a life of prostitution…. [The statute] is intended to prohibit ‘conduct that exploits the immature’ regardless of coercion.” See State v. Wood, 34 Or.App. 569, 579 P.2d 294, 296 (1978).
the appellant persuaded the minor to go through with the encounter.
See Kelly v. State, 453 S.W.3d 634, 641-42 (Tex. App. 2015), petition for discretionary review refused (Apr. 15, 2015). A lesser included offense of compelling prostitution can include the charge of being a party to prostitution under Section 43.02. See Raven v. State, 533 S.W.2d 773 (Tex.Crim.App.1976).
Prosecuting Human Trafficking, Compelling and Promoting Prostitution – Visit the website of the Texas District & County Attorneys Association (TDCAA) to learn more about prosecutions for human trafficking from a prosecutor’s perspective. The article is a primer on how Dallas County prosecutors go after the criminals in these cases when victims might be unsympathetic and uncooperative. Read more about human trafficking which refers to harboring, transporting, recruiting for the purpose of forcing them into labor through coercion, fraud or force. The article focused on why prosecutors focus on these charges, how the charges are investigated, options for charging the offenses, and ways to successfully prosecute the cases.
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