Parrott v. Municipality of Anchorage

OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

Following a bench trial, Larry Parrott was convicted of soliciting an undercover policewoman who was posing as a prostitute. He argues that District Court Judge Sigurd E. Murphy should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal because he did not solicit the police offieer-she solicited him. He also argues that he was entrapped by the police and that his arrest violated due process, equal protection, and the separation of powers. Lastly, Parrott argues that the court was clearly mistaken in refusing to impose a suspended imposition of sentence and in ordering…