Van Bell v. State

OPINION

An indictment charged appellant Kerry Van Bell with attempted sexual assault. The indictment alleged that appellant committed the following acts: paid a woman a $100 finder’s fee to procure a young girl for sexual intercourse; negotiated with an undercover officer for the purchase of a young girl; offered the undercover officer $150 to have a child furnished to him; chose a young girl, represented to be five or six years of age, from a collection of photographs supplied by the undercover officer; and prepared for sexual intercourse with the young girl by arranging for a room and…