PLAS v. STATE

Nos. 3530, 3529.

598 P.2d 966 (1979)

Debbie PLAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, and Avrum M. Gross, Attorney General, Appellees. Dorothy FARRELL and Jean Ross, Petitioners, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margie MacNeille, Alaska Legal Services, Jeffrey M. Feldman, Asst. Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant and petitioners.

Barry Stern, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Anne Carpeneti, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel W. Hickey, Chief Pros., Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellees and respondent.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BOOCHEVER, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.


OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This opinion arises from a petition for review and a criminal appeal that were consolidated for review by this court. The facts are uncontested. On June 19, 1976, appellant Debbie Plas was charged by an Alaska State Trooper with soliciting for the purpose of prostitution in violation of AS 11.40.230 which reads:

"It is unlawful within the state to procure or solicit, or to offer to procure or solicit for the purpose of prostitution...

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