State v. Lee

The State appeals the trial court’s order granting Michael Lee’s motion to dismiss the amended information that charged him with attempting to solicit a minor for sexual activity using an electronic device or internet server,1 and traveling to meet a minor for unlawful sexual activity after first using an electronic device or internet service to attempt to solicit the minor.2 We reverse.

The trial court granted Lee’s dismissal motion based on Lee’s argument that a defendant could not be convicted under the statute unless there was direct communication between the defendant and a child or…