People v. Ahmed

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert H. Straus, J., at hearing; Edwin Torres, J., at jury trial), rendered July 18, 2007, convicting defendant of three counts of promoting prostitution in the third degree, and sentencing him to an aggregate term of five years’ probation with community service, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s principal contention is that the evidence was legally insufficient to establish his guilt of promoting prostitution in the third degree. Ken Franzblau testified for the prosecution in his capacity as an employee of Equality Now, an advocacy group that…