STATE v. R.R.S.

No. 17-0819.

597 S.W.3d 835 (2020)

STATE of Texas, Petitioner, v. R.R.S., a Juvenile, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: March 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Paul McCary , El Paso Asst. County Attorney, El Paso, Amy Suzanne Monsivais , Assistant County Attorney for El Paso County, El Paso, Jo Anne Bernal , El Paso County Attorney, El Paso, Lucila Lorena Flores-Camarena , El Paso County Attorney's Office, El Paso, Mark Sanders Burtner , Assistant County Attorneys, El Paso, Michael Gomez , El Paso, Ruben Gabriel Duarte , El Paso County DA'S Office, El Paso, for Petitioner.

Joshua C. Spencer , Attorney & Counselor at Law, P.L.L.C., El Paso, for Respondent.

R. R. S., pro se.


Under Texas law, a child younger than fourteen cannot legally "consent to sex" and thus, as a matter of law, cannot commit the offense of prostitution. In re B.W., 313 S.W.3d 818, 822 (Tex. 2010). But can a child...

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