FORD v. STATE

No. 52272.

262 P.3d 1123 (2011)

Jerome Timothy FORD, a/k/a Jerome Ford, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

September 29, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Kohn , Public Defender, and Philip David Westbrook , Deputy Public Defender, Clark County, for Appellant.

Catherine Cortez Masto , Attorney General, Carson City; David J. Roger , District Attorney, Steven S. Owens , Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Michael J. Watson , Deputy District Attorney, Clark County, for Respondent.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

By the Court, PICKERING, J.:

Jerome Ford appeals his conviction of pandering of prostitution, a felony. He contends that the statute under which he was convicted, NRS 201.300(1)(a), is unconstitutionally overbroad and vague. His challenge proceeds from a misinterpretation of the statute. NRS 201.300(1)(a) does not impose strict liability on a person who unintentionally causes another to engage in prostitution—say, the actress who romanticized...

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