State v. East

The state appeals from an order dismissing a complaint for "failure to state facts,” by which the district court apparently meant failure to allege sufficient facts to state a crime.

In addition to other requisite allegations, the complaint alleged that the defendants did "offer and agree to engage in sexual conduct in return for a fee.”

ORS 167.007(l)(a) provides that a person commits the crime of prostitution if he "offers or agrees to engage in sexual conduct * * * in return for a fee.”

It is elementary that an instrument which charges a crime in the statutory language is generally sufficient…