Diane Marie Mattias, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court held that intent to consummate a sexual act is not an element of the offense of knowingly offering to engage in sexual conduct for a fee under Penal Code §43.02(a)(1) and that the Court of Appeals erred by using the trial judge’s unauthorized findings of fact and conclusions of law to assess sufficiency of the evidence. Accordingly, the conviction was reversed and the case remanded for further review.