GRIFFIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 13312.

396 A.2d 211 (1978)

Samuel GRIFFIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Stanton, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a conviction of solicitation for lewd and immoral purposes. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2701. The solicitation was of a covert police officer who stopped his car and was approached by appellant. Only the officer testified for the government. The defense relied in its motion for judgment of acquittal on Kelly v. United States, 90 U.S.App.D.C. 125, 194 F.2d 150 (1952), which held...

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