State v. Bacotgarcia

Pedro Manuel Bacot Garcia 1 appeals from his conviction by a jury of promoting prostitution in the first degree and rape in the second degree. We affirm.

Bacot Garcia was charged by information on June 9, 1988, with promoting prostitution in the first degree and with rape in the second degree. Sherrie Curry testified that she met the defendant in Pike Place Market on March 22, 1988. She was 15 years old. They walked to the waterfront and smoked cocaine together, but the defendant refused to accept money for the drugs. Curry then accepted a ride from Bacot Garcia, who claimed he needed to stop…