Promoting prostitution in the first degree
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case McLennan v. State (1999)
Most recently applied in 2014 Ark. App. 68 - Tatum v. State (January 2014)
Acts 1975, No. 280, § 3004; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3004.
(1) A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree if he or she knowingly: Advances prostitution by compelling a person by physical force or intimidation to engage in prostitution or profits from such coercive conduct by another; or
(2) Advances prostitution or profits from prostitution of a person less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(3) Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a Class D felony.
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.