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BROWN v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-989.

518 A.2d 446 (1986)

Cheri BROWN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary L. Wilson, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Robertson T. Park, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Judith Hetherton, and Thomas J. Motley, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Brown asserts her conviction for assault with a dangerous weapon must be reversed since the trial court improperly permitted the government to impeach her testimony pursuant to D.C.Code § 14-305 (1981) by evidence of two prior convictions of soliciting prostitution.1 We hold that soliciting for prostitution is an impeachable conviction within the meaning of § 14-305, and affirm the conviction.2<...

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