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Wis. Stat. § 948.08 (2026)
Soliciting a child for prostitution
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948.08948.08 Soliciting a child for prostitution. Whoever intentionally solicits or causes any child to engage in an act of prostitution or establishes any child in a place of prostitution is guilty of a Class D felony.
948.08 AnnotationAlthough colloquially referred to as prohibiting solicitation, this section also specifically, and alternatively, prohibits causing a child to practice prostitution. Cause is a substantial factor that need not be the first or sole cause of a child practicing prostitution. The habitual nature of the defendant’s trading cocaine for sex with the child victim satisfied the requisite that the victim did “practice prostitution” with the defendant. State v. Payette, 2008 WI App 106, 313 Wis. 2d 39, 756 N.W.2d 423, 07-1192.
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Cited in 5
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1994–2026 · leading case: State v. Payette, 2008 WI App 106 (Wis. Ct. App. 2008).
State v. Payette, 2008 WI App 106 (Wis. Ct. App. 2008). “Lawrence Payette appeals 1 from the denial of a postconviction motion to withdraw his guilty plea to causing a child to practice prostitution in violation of Wis. Stat. § 948.08 (1997-98), 2 and to causing a child to go into a room or secluded place with intent to give a child…”
State v. Gary Lee Wayerski, 922 N.W.2d 468 (Wis. 2019). “*474 After his trial, Wayerski discovered that Clark had been charged with three crimes against children in Chippewa County one month prior to Wayerski's trial: (1) one count of soliciting a child in violation of Wis. Stat. § 948.08 ; and (2) two counts of sexual intercourse…”
State v. Iglesias, 517 N.W.2d 175 (Wis. 1994). “) On October 21, 1991, Iglesias was convicted of one count of soliciting a child for prostitution, sec. 948.08, Stats., one count of child enticement, party to a crime, secs.”
State v. Tyler C. Speth (Wis. Ct. App. 2026). “¶116 We conclude that Speth fails to show that counsel performed deficiently because he does not refute the State’s argument that this testimony was not other acts evidence, but provided direct evidence in support of the charge that Speth solicited a child for an “act of…”
Neil Klosterman v. Sch. Dist. of Omro, 2022 WI App 54 (Wis. Ct. App. 2022). “07), solicitation for prostitution (§ 948.08), child pornography (§ 948.12), and child neglect (§ 948.”
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