The defendant stands convicted, after a jury trial, of the crime of promoting prostitution in the second degree. After verdict, the defendant moved for a dismissal on the ground that the statute defining prostitution (Penal Law, § 230.00) is unconstitutionally vague and overbroad and that in this enlightened century "recreational sex" is a basic right immune from penal sanctions.
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