GARRETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 7838.

339 A.2d 372 (1975)

Janet GARRETT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. McMillen, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Michael G. Scheininger, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty. and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Hamilton Fox, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before KERN, NEBEKER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is from a nonjury trial conviction of soliciting for prostitution under D.C. Code 1973, § 22-2701. Appellant's motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of the evidence was denied. On this appeal she contends:

(1) That "prostitution" under D.C. Code 1973, § 22-2701 should be construed as at common law to mean "indiscriminate" intercourse; that under this definition the government's case failed to prove beyond a reasonable...

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