Windhorst v. State

RUCKER, Justice.

Background

After sending nude pictures of himself and engaging in sexually explicit communication over the Internet with what he thought was a fourteen-year-old child, forty-four-year-old Morris Windhorst was apprehended in an undercover on-line sting operation. He was arrested and ultimately charged with one count of child solicitation as a Class C felony 1 and two counts of dissemination of matters harmful to minors, Class D felonies. 2 Under terms of an agreement he pleaded guilty to child solicitation and in exchange the State dismissed the remaining charges. The plea…