Arnold v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged by accusation with pandering by soliciting a fourteen-year-old female to perform an act of prostitution. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve 12 months. Defendant’s motion for new trial was filed, heard and denied, and he appeals. Held:

1. One of the principal witnesses against the defendant was the victim’s mother, who testified she was called by a friend of her daughter and notified that the defendant “had been over to the house and tried to rape” the victim. The mother, a security guard, requested permission to leave work and went…