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WILLIS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 3428-3431.

198 A.2d 751 (1964)

James E. WILLIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Eugene R. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. James E. WILLIS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee. Eugene R. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 20, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert O. Reid, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Robert D. Devlin, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee United States.

Ted D. Kuemmerling, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, MYERS, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired).

PER CURIAM.

The two appellants have brought here for review their convictions of soliciting for lewd and immoral purposes, Code 1961, § 22-2701, and vagrancy, Code 1961, § 22-3302.

The first question is whether the evidence was sufficient to support the soliciting charge. At the trial, which was without a jury, the testimony of two police officers was to the effect that in the middle of the night appellant Willis motioned to them to stop their automobile...

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