HAWKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 1455.

105 A.2d 250 (1954)

HAWKINS v. UNITED STATES.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 26, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

De Long Harris, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Harold H. Greene, Asst. U. S. Atty., Silver Springs, Md., with whom Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Lewis A. Carroll and Fred L. McIntyre, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Having been convicted of soliciting for prostitution, Code 1951, 22-2701, defendant appeals and contends (1) that there was error in requiring her to go to trial in the absence of her attorney, and (2) that the statute is unconstitutional.

1. When defendant was first brought into court Mr. Roosevelt Page appeared with her and identified himself as her counsel. He asked and was granted a continuance of thirteen days in order that defendant...

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