State v. Reese

Defendant, John Henry Reese, appeals a conviction for the abduction of a girl under the age of 18.

No error is assigned to the findings of fact entered by the trial court. Consequently, they are accepted as verities, State v. Mercy, 55 Wn.2d 530, 348 P.2d 978 (1960).

The operative portions of the findings state:

VII

That [a girl under the age of 18] was transported to Yakima by the defendant in a 1969 Cadillac automobile, for the purpose of prostitution.

VIII

That . . . worked as a prostitute in Yakima, earning $131.00 all of which she gave to the defendant, John Henry Reese. *

The pertinent portion…