Ryan v. State

OPINION

SMITH, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of prostitution, with the punishment being assessed at three days confinement and a fine of $500.00.

This is a massage parlor case wherein the appellant was charged with an act of prostitution. The State alleged that the appellant made sexual contact with the complainant by the touching of his genitals, for a fee, with intent to gratify the complainant’s sexual desire. The parties, during the course of the trial, referred to the act as “masturbation,” a “local,” and a “hand job.”

On July 29, 1980, an undercover Brazos County police…