State v. Edwards

CALLISTER, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of “profiting from the earnings of a fallen woman.” 1 The information against him charged:

“John Edwards procured a female person, to wit Shirley Jean Edwards (his wife), for the purpose of prostitution for a male person by personal solicitation for consideration of value paid by the male person for whom such female was procured. * * * ”

In appealing from his conviction, the defendant, among other things, alleges that error was committed by the trial court in permitting the prosecutor to question him, upon cross-examination, concerning his wife’s plea…