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| CASE NAME: | State of Texas v. Stephen Lynn Buggs |
| ALL PLAINTIFFS: | State of Texas |
| ALL DEFENDANTS: | Stephen Lynn Buggs |
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| DOCKET NUMBER: | F06-86343-UT |
| SOURCE: | Lexis Search, Texas Courts Online |
| TYPE OF CASE: | Criminal |
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| TYPE OF TRIAL: | Jury |
| TRIAL JUDGE(S): | Hon. Rick Magnis <br> |
| YEAR OF ARREST: | 2006 |
| YEAR OF VERDICT: | 2008 |
| TYPE OF COURT: | State Court |
| STATE: | Texas |
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| STATE COUNTY: | Dallas County |
| AGE OF VICTIM(S): | Minor |
| NUMBER OF VICTIMS: | 1 |
| GENDER OF VICTIM(S): | Female |
| VICTIM'S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: | Unknown |
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| WAS VICTIM CHARGED WITH A CRIME: | No |
| NUMBER OF DEFENDANT(S): | 1 |
| GENDER OF DEFENDANT(S): | Male |
| TYPE OF INDUSTRY: | Sex |
| CASE CATEGORIZATION: | Commercial Sexual Exploitation/Prostitution, Strip Club, Massage Parlor |
| FIRST CHARGE: | Trafficking of Persons |
| FIRST CHARGE US/STATE CODE CITATION: | Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 20A.02(a) |
| FIRST CHARGE VERDICT/PLEA: | Guilty Verdict |
| FIRST CHARGE SENTENCE: | 900 months (combined for Charges 1 and 2) |
| SECOND CHARGE: | Compelling Prostitution |
| SECOND CHARGE US/STATE CODE CITATION: | Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 43.05(a) |
| SECOND CHARGE VERDICT/PLEA: | Guilty Verdict |
| SECOND CHARGE SENTENCE: | 900 months (combined for charges 1 and 2) |
| THIRD CHARGE: | Aggravated Kidnapping |
| THIRD CHARGE US/STATE CODE CITATION: | Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 20.04(b) |
| THIRD CHARGE VERDICT/PLEA: | Guilty Verdict |
| THIRD CHARGE SENTENCE: | 720 months |
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| LENGTH OF GREATEST SENTENCE: | 900 months |
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| APPEAL: | Yes |
| EXPLANATION OF APPEAL: | Appealed Conviction |
| APPELLATE OPINION CITATION: | 2008 Tex. App. LEXIS 1499 |
| HOLDING OF APPEALS COURT: | Affirm |
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| SUMMARY: | The victim ("F.B."), a 14 year-old runaway, met Defendant Stephen Buggs at a Dallas bus station in November 2005. Defendant provided the victim with housing, as well as false identification indicating that she was 23 years-old. Defendant prostituted F.B. and found her work as a stripper. The victim gave to the defendant all of the money she earned.
In January 2006, defendant assaulted the victim with a statue and beer bottle after observing the victim speaking to another pimp in a bar. Later, after sexually assaulting her with a sword, Buggs tied up the victim and left her in a locked closet.
Shortly after the defendant forced the victim the return to the street, she escaped to her mother's house after telling the defendant that she was going to the store. The victim's mother contacted the police the following morning.
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| Approval Status: | Approved |
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