State v. Williams
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of aggravated trafficking. Defendant appealed, raising numerous challenges to his conviction and sentence. The Court of Appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the aggravated trafficking statute is not unconstitutionally overbroad; (2) Defendant lacked standing to assert that the aggravated trafficking statute was unconstitutionally vague; (3) the charged offense of aggravated trafficking is not identical to the offense of promoting prostitution; (4) the prosecutor did not commit misconduct during closing arguments; and (5) the district court did not err in increasing Defendant’s sentence based on prior convictions not proven to a jury.
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