State v. Wilson

After the state had rested its case, counsel for the defendant moved for a dismissal on the ground that the state had not proved that the complainant and the defendant were not married. The motion was denied and no evidence was introduced by the defendant.

On appeal the defendant urges that the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the nonmarital status of the complainant and the defendant and that the defendant offered to have nonmarital sexual intercourse for money. These are two of the essential elements of the crime of which the defendant was convicted.

An examination of the…