Ford v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Pickering, J.:

Jerome Ford appeals his conviction of pandering of prostitution, a felony. He contends that the statute under which he was convicted, NRS 201.300(l)(a), is unconstitutionally overbroad and vague. His challenge proceeds from a misinterpretation of the statute. NRS 201.300(l)(a) does not impose strict liability on a person who unintentionally causes another to engage in prostitution — say, the actress who romanticized prostitution in the movie Pretty Woman. It criminalizes the act of soliciting another person with the specific intent that, in response to the…