State v. Rahn

A justice court complaint charged the defendant in each of two counts with the gross misdemeanor defined in RCW 9.79.130 as follows:

Every person who solicits, entices or otherwise communicates with a child under the age of eighteen years for immoral purposes shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

In the justice court the defendant was found guilty, and he appealed.

At the close of the state’s case in the superior court trial, defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence was sustained and the case dismissed. The state’s appeal brings the case to us.

From the evidence produced by the…