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MOTEN v. U.S.

No. 11-CM-1519.

81 A.3d 1274 (2013)

Wendell W. MOTEN, Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 3, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Francis Xavier Becker , Rockville, MD, for appellant.

Kristina L. Ament , with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, Roy W. McLeese III , Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman and Peter Taschenberger , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY and EASTERLY, Associate Judges, and REID, Senior Judge.

BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

Following a bench trial, appellant Wendell W. Moten was convicted of one count of soliciting prostitution, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-2701 (2009 Supp.). On appeal, appellant argues that although the statute defined solicitation for prostitution as a crime, it prescribed no corresponding penalty and that, without a penalty, he committed no crime. Alternatively, appellant argues that...

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