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2018 Georgia Code 16-6-12 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 6. Sexual Offenses, 16-6-1 through 16-6-25.

ARTICLE 9 NOTICE OF CONVICTION AND RELEASE FROM CONFINEMENT OF SEX OFFENDERS

16-6-12. Pandering.

A person commits the offense of pandering when he or she solicits a person to perform an act of prostitution in his or her own behalf or in behalf of a third person or when he or she knowingly assembles persons at a fixed place for the purpose of being solicited by others to perform an act of prostitution.

(Code 1933, § 26-2016, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 236, § 5; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1797, § 1; Ga. L. 1998, p. 1301, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Actions for childhood sexual abuse, § 9-3-33.1.

Law reviews.

- For review of 1998 legislation relating to crimes and offenses, see 15 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 69 (1998). For article, "Misdemeanor Sentencing in Georgia," see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 8 (2001). For article, "Crimes and Offenses: Crimes Against the Person," see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 131 (2011).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Editor's notes.

- In light of the similarity of the issues involved, decisions under Ga. L. 1943, p. 568, (see O.C.G.A. § 44-7-18), are included in the annotations for this Code section.

Section is substantially related to achievement of important governmental objectives.

- O.C.G.A. § 16-6-12 is one part of a broad statutory scheme that serves important governmental objectives, and is substantially related to achievement of these objectives. Fluker v. State, 248 Ga. 290, 282 S.E.2d 112 (1981), appeal dismissed, 455 U.S. 1009, 102 S. Ct. 1699, 72 L. Ed. 2d 127 (1982).

Equal protection.

- Sex-based discriminatory language of section prior to 1988 amendment did not violate equal protection. Fluker v. State, 248 Ga. 290, 282 S.E.2d 112 (1981), appeal dismissed, 455 U.S. 1009, 102 S. Ct. 1699, 72 L. Ed. 2d 127 (1982).

Prostitution includes solicitation of carnal intercourse in unnatural way.

- Term "prostitution" as defined by the legislature does not mean solely sexual intercourse in the natural way, but includes solicitation of carnal intercourse in an unnatural way. Price v. State, 76 Ga. App. 108, 45 S.E.2d 84 (1947) (decided under Ga. L. 1943, p. 568).

Indiscriminate illegal intercourse with number of men not necessarily involved.

- "Prostitution" as used in statute relating to solicitation of another for the purpose of prostitution does not necessarily involve indiscriminate illegal intercourse with a number of men. Price v. State, 76 Ga. App. 108, 45 S.E.2d 84 (1947) (decided under Ga. L. 1943, p. 568).

Pandering as condition of employment.

- Evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of pandering because requiring sexual activities as a condition of employment constituted pandering; and the defendant solicited the second victim to engage in sexual acts with the defendant and, in exchange, gave the victim a paying job and permitted the victim to keep that job. Kea v. State, 344 Ga. App. 251, 810 S.E.2d 152 (2018).

Evidence sufficient.

- Defendant's solicitation of the victim to perform sexual acts, which did not expressly exclude sexual intercourse, supported conviction of offense of pandering. McGee v. State, 165 Ga. App. 423, 299 S.E.2d 573 (1983).

Cited in Blanton v. State, 150 Ga. App. 559, 258 S.E.2d 174 (1979).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Prostitution, § 17 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 73 C.J.S., Prostitution, § 14 et seq.

ALR.

- Constitutionality and construction of pandering acts, 74 A.L.R. 311.

White Slave Traffic Act (Mann Act) as affecting constitutionality or application of state statutes dealing with prostitution, 161 A.L.R. 356.

Operation of nude-model photographic studio as offense, 48 A.L.R.3d 1313.

Validity and construction of statute or ordinance proscribing solicitation for purposes of prostitution, lewdness, or assignation - modern cases, 77 A.L.R.3d 519.

Validity, construction, and application of state statute forbidding unfair trade practice or competition by discriminatory allowance of rebates, commissions, discounts, or the like, 41 A.L.R.4th 675.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 16-6-12

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Powell v. State, 510 S.E.2d 18 (Ga. 1998).

Cited 106 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Nov 23, 1998 | 270 Ga. 327, 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 4177

...hild for indecent purposes); § 16-6-5.1 (sexual assault of prisoners, the institutionalized, and the patients of psychotherapists); § 16-6-6 (bestiality); § 16-6-7 (sexual assault of a dead human being); § 16-6-8 (public indecency); §§ 16-6-9—16-6-12 (prostitution, pimping, pandering); § 16-6-15 (solicitation of sodomy); § 16-6-16 (masturbation for hire); § 16-6-22 (incest); §§ 16-6-22.1 and 16-6-22.2 (sexual battery and aggravated sexual battery), and by the vigorous enforcement of those laws through the arrest and prosecution of offenders....
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Harris v. State, 314 Ga. 238 (Ga. 2022).

Cited 37 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jun 22, 2022

...There was no evidence that Appellant had been charged with any crimes related to, for example, the felonies of soliciting an act of prostitution and sodomy from the anonymous 17- year-old Whisper user,67 or crimes associated with sending M. B. 67 See OCGA §§ 16-6-12 (“A person commits the offense of pandering when he or she solicits a person to perform an act of prostitution in his or her own behalf . . . .”); 16-6-13 (b) (2) (making a conviction under OCGA § 16-6-12 a felony punishable by imprisonment for ten to 30 years “when such offense 87 graphic messages describing sex.68 Even worse, the prosecutor hinted at Appellant’s lack of punishment for his communications with M....
...The unfair prejudicial effect of this evidence was substantially greater. This evidence showed not only that Appellant repeatedly cheated on his wife but also that in doing so, he committed three more sex-related crimes. See OCGA §§ 16-6-12; 16-6-13 (a) (4) (punishment for second and subsequent offenses of pandering is a felony and a term of imprisonment of not less than one year)....
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Howard v. State, 527 S.E.2d 194 (Ga. 2000).

Cited 18 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Feb 28, 2000 | 272 Ga. 242, 2000 Fulton County D. Rep. 691

...to serve the State's interest in protecting the citizenry and punishing wrongdoers such as appellant. As recounted by the majority, appellant offered his victim money in exchange for sex. Thus, he ought to have been charged with pandering under OCGA § 16-6-12....