Texas law defines prostitution as a person who:. To convict a person of prostitution in Texas, the prosecution has the burden of proving that the defendant had knowledge of either being or paying a prostitute, a fee was exchanged in order for the prostitution to occur, and an attempt to commit, or commission of, a sex act must have occurred.
As a former prosecutor , I understand how the prosecution will build its case strategy against you. The government can be relentless in its pursuits to convict you of prostitution, which is why you need my aggressive, powerhouse defense in your corner. Thus, if you have been charged with the crime of prostitution, you need a lawyer who will fight with everything in his arsenal to keep charges off your record. To begin your defense, contact the Law Office of John L. Venza Jr. In , the Texas Police Department arrested 3, prostitution and commercialized vice suspects.
Prostitution cases typically begin with an undercover officer or group of undercover officers coming up with an advertisement expressing interest in a sexual encounter. The ad may or may not initially mention money; sometimes that offer is stated in the following text message conversations. Then, the police post this ad on Craigslist or an online dating site in which someone is locating a willing partner to hook up with.
Keep in mind that law enforcement officers usually post very misleading advertisements. For instance, the ad may include a photograph of the person supposedly writing it. However, that photograph is almost always a random picture the police found on the internet. If you saw a photograph of the actual person writing the ad, you would probably see some disheveled looking man with a beard and a badge.
Police tactics utilized in creating these ads can sometimes lead to the successful deployment of the defense of entrapment. In other words, entrapment is like a setup. After the undercover cop gets a suspect interested in engaging in a sexual encounter in exchange for money or anything of value, they will usually instruct the person to go to a specific location, which is often a hotel or an apartment complex.
