State v. Rowan

I concur with the decision to vacate that portion of the court of appeals’ opinion holding that the trial court insufficiently advised Defendant of the consequences of his admission to a prior felony conviction. I dissent, however, from the majority’s dismissal of the cross-petition for review.

There was little evidence to convict Defendant of knowingly operating or maintaining a prostitution enterprise. The record here simply shows that Defendant worked at the beeper service, took the call, arranged for a paid “full body massage,” drove a woman co-employee to the motel, and let her out of the…