Answer: When we talk about solicitation of a minor in Texas, generally what we’re talking about is when an adult, a person 17 years of age or older, gets on the Internet and starts communicating with a peace officer who is posing or claiming to be a child under 14 years of age. The person will usually make arrangements with the minor—or the person whom he believes to be a minor who is actually a police officer—to meet and engage in sexual contact. Or he can simply communicate in a sexually explicit manner. The punishment for solicitation of a minor is that of a second degree felony: two years to 10 years in the state prison.
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