State v. Moreno

OPINION ON THE STATE’S PETITIONS FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.

The issues involved in this case concern the parameters of the State’s power to appeal from a trial court’s order.

The State charged Lorenzo C. Moreno with prostitution alleging in its information that he “knowingly agree[d] to engage in sexual conduct, to wit: deviate sexual intercourse with R. Vela for a fee, to wit: $10.00 payable to said R. Vela, said deviate sexual intercourse being the contact of Lorenzo C. Moreno’s mouth with R. Vela’s penis.” Moreno filed a motion to quash the information alleging that…