Legal Opinion
State v. Hartman
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided November 13, 1992No. 49S02-9211-CR-911PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON CRIMINAL PETITION TO TRANSFER
SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
This controversy involves Indiana's prostitution laws, and it is best described in «plain English: Can the State use the "pimp" statute to charge a prostitute with a felony for engaging in conduct that is otherwise by definition only a misdemean- or? We hold it cannot.
On September 20, 1990, appellee John Hartman was charged with promoting prostitution, a class C felony, Ind.Code Ann. § 35-45-4-4(5) (West 1986) He moved to dismiss for failure to plead facts constituting an offense under the statute. The trial court granted Hartman's…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Park 100 Development Co. v. Indiana Department of State RevenueIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
- Benjamin v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1987
- State v. HartmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1992
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