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        "text": "COPELAND, Justice.\nDefendant contends that the Court of Appeals misconstrued the definition of prostitution, as found in G.S. 14-203 and prohibited by G.S. 14-204, by including within that definition the sexual act of masturbation for hire. We agree with the defendant\u2019s contention that the warrant charging defendant with prostitution should have been dismissed by the trial court for failure to state an offense under G.S. 14-204.\nThe definition of prostitution as found in G.S. 14-203 provides in part:\nThe term \u201cprostitution\u201d shall be construed to include the offering or receiving of the body for sexual intercourse for hire, and shall also be construed to include the offering or receiving of the body for indiscriminate sexual intercourse without hire. (Emphasis added.)\nThe statute, G.S. 14-203, unequivocally defines prostitution as an act of sexual intercourse, and nothing else. Sexual intercourse is defined as, \u201cThe actual contact of the sexual organs of a man and a woman, and an actual penetration into the body of the latter.\u201d Ballentine\u2019s Law Dictionary 1170 (3d ed. 1969). This definition is in accord with our holding in State v. Vinson, 287 N.C. 326, 215 S.E. 2d 60 (1975), where Justice Huskins, in defining \u201csexual intercourse \u201d for purposes of a rape case, stated, \u201cIt necessarily follows that the term \u2018sexual intercourse\u2019 encompasses actual penetration. \u201d State v. Vinson, 287 at 342, 215 at 71 (emphasis added). If the legislature wishes to include within G.S. 14-204 other sexual acts, such as cunnilingus, fellatio, masturbation, buggery or sodomy, it should do so with specificity since G.S. 14-204 is a criminal statute.\nIn its opinion the Court of Appeals relied on Gilchrist v. Hurley, 48 N.C. App. 433, 269 S.E. 2d 646 (1980), disc. rev. denied, 301 N.C. 720, 274 S.E. 2d 233 (1981) for the proposition that prostitution includes numerous forms of sexual activity for hire. Such reliance on Gilchrist is misplaced since Gilchrist concerned the construction of G.S. 19-1.2, a nuisance statute, and not a criminal statute. When the Court is asked to construe a criminal statute such as the one in the case sub judice, the law must be construed strictly in favor of the defendant. In re Banks, 295 N.C. 236, 244 S.E. 2d 386 (1978); State v. Ross, 272 N.C. 67, 157 S.E. 2d 712 (1967); State v. Brown, 264 N.C. 191, 141 S.E. 2d 311 (1965).\nAs a result we are unable to construe G.S. 14-204 broadly enough so as to encompass the alleged acts of the defendant within the definition of prostitution. We therefore order that this case be remanded to the Court of Appeals for remand to Superior Court, Onslow County, for dismissal of the prostitution charge.\nReversed and remanded.",
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        "author": "COPELAND, Justice."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Jeffrey S. Miller, for defendant-appellant.",
      "Rufus L. Edmisten, Attorney General, by Assistant Attorney General Grayson G. Kelley, for the State."
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    "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ROSE RICHARDSON\nNo. 553PA82\n(Filed 8 March 1983)\nProstitution \u00a7 2\u2014 crime of prostitution not including the sexual act of masturbation for hire\nThe Court of Appeals misconstrued the definition of prostitution, as found in G.S. 14-203 and prohibited by G.S. 14-204, by including within that definition the sexual act of masturbation for hire.\nOn defendant\u2019s petition for discretionary review of the decision of the Court of Appeals, 58 N.C. App. 822, 295 S.E. 2d 263 (1982) (opinion by Hill, J., with Vaughn, J. (now Chief Judge) and Johnson, J., concurring), finding no error in the judgment of Lane, S.J., entered 20 October 1981 in Superior Court, Onslow County.\nThe State presented evidence at trial that an undercover agent for the Jacksonville Police Department, Michael Stock Groalman, entered the \u201cSultan\u2019s Harem Movie Mates\u201d establishment at 7:40 p.m. on 2 March 1981. Upon payment of thirty dollars ($30.00) Mr. Groalman was escorted to a dimly lighted room by a woman he later identified as the defendant. Once in the room, which was furnished with a bed and nightstand, Mr. Groalman was instructed to disrobe by the defendant who then turned on a movie containing explicit sexual material. After Mr. Groalman disrobed the defendant offered the undercover agent a \u201chand job\u201d (masturbation) for an additional fee of twenty dollars ($20.00). Upon payment of the twenty dollars ($20.00) Mr. Groalman was masturbated by defendant. After approximately twenty minutes Mr. Groalman left the Sultan\u2019s Harem and made an immediate report to the police.\nOn 10 March 1981, eight days after the alleged offense, the defendant was arrested and charged with prostitution in violation of G.S. 14-204.\nThe defendant presented no evidence at trial.\nOn 19 August 1981 in the District Court of Onslow County defendant was convicted of engaging in prostitution. Defendant appealed that conviction to the Superior Court, Onslow County, where a jury convicted defendant of engaging in prostitution. Judge Lane imposed a nine months sentence which he suspended upon the condition that defendant pay a fine of one hundred dollars and the costs.\nFrom the judgment of the Superior Court the defendant appealed to the Court of Appeals. That Court found no error in defendant\u2019s trial in the Superior Court. On 5 October 1982 we allowed defendant\u2019s petition for discretionary review.\nJeffrey S. Miller, for defendant-appellant.\nRufus L. Edmisten, Attorney General, by Assistant Attorney General Grayson G. Kelley, for the State."
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