566.151. Enticement of a child, penalties. — 1. A person twenty-one years of age or older commits the offense of enticement of a child if he or she persuades, solicits, coaxes, entices, or lures whether by words, actions or through communication via the internet or any electronic communication, any person who is less than seventeen years of age for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct.
2. It is not a defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section that the other person was a peace officer masquerading as a minor.
3. Enticement of a child or an attempt to commit enticement of a child is a felony for which the authorized term of imprisonment shall be not less than five years and not more than thirty years. No person convicted under this section shall be eligible for parole, probation, conditional release, or suspended imposition or execution of sentence for a period of five calendar years.
Notes of Decisions
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12 in the last 5 years), 2006–2025 · leading case:
State v. Pribble, 285 S.W.3d 310 (Mo. 2009).
State v. Pribble, 285 S.W.3d 310 (Mo. 2009).
· cites it 23× “Jacob Pribble (“Defendant”) challenges the constitutional validity of section 566.151, RSMo Supp.2008, 1 pursuant to which he was convicted of attempted enticement of a child.”
State v. Faruqi, 344 S.W.3d 193 (Mo. 2011).
· cites it 19× “Fa-ruqi says that “affirmative defense” language in subsection 2 of section 566.151 RSMo Supp.2010 1 makes the statute unclear as to whether someone could be convicted of actual enticement of a child in a situation in which no actual child was involved; he argues, therefore,…”
State v. Osborn, 318 S.W.3d 703 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 18× “045, [1] one count of enticement of a child, pursuant to section 566.151, [2] and two counts of felony murder in the second degree, pursuant to section 565.”
State v. Smith, 330 S.W.3d 548 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 12× “Eddie Wayne Smith (“Appellant”) was convicted by a jury of one count of enticement of a child in violation of section 566.151 and one count of attempted statutory rape in the first degree in violation of sections 564.”
State v. Davies, 330 S.W.3d 775 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 6× “Appellant, Jeffrey Davies appeals his convictions, following a jury trial, of one count of enticement of a child, Section 566.151, 1 and two counts of attempted statutory sodomy in the first degree, Sections 566.”
State v. Sears, 298 S.W.3d 561 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 9× “Introduction Lamar Sears (Defendant) appeals from his conviction following a jury trial for *562 attempted enticement of a child, in violation of section 566.151, RSMo Cum.Supp. 2006 1 , and first-degree trespass, in violation of section 569.”
State v. Almaguer, 347 S.W.3d 636 (Mo. Ct. App. 2011).
· cites it 6× “” Section 566.151; State v. Davies, 330 S.W.”
State v. Fleis, 319 S.W.3d 504 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 5× “Fleis was charged with one count of attempted enticement of a child, in violation of Section 566.151, RSMo.2000. 1 Following a jury trial, Fleis was found guilty of the charge and was sentenced to six years of imprisonment.”
State of Missouri v. Jerry Lee Rice, 504 S.W.3d 198 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 2× “Rice (“Rice”) appeals from his conviction, following a trial by jury before the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, of *200 one count of attempted enticement of a child, section 566.151, 1 for which he was sentenced as a prior offender to twenty-five years’ imprisonment.”
State v. Wadsworth, 203 S.W.3d 825 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006).
· cites it 3× “1 §§ 566.151 2 and 564.011. This court affirms.”
State v. Crites, 400 S.W.3d 828 (Mo. Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 4× “115; and the unclassified felony of enticement of a child (Count VI), in violation of section 566.151. 1 Crites contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his statements and relying on his written statement to law enforcement in determining guilt.”
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