Lutz v. United States

FERREN, Associate Judge:

The trial court, after a bench trial, found appellant, Annabelle L. Lutz, guilty of sexual solicitation. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2701. Appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying her motion for judgment of acquittal based on her theory that a constitutional right of privacy protects solicitation for prostitution in a private area between two consenting adults. We hold that the constitutional right of privacy does not protect commercial sexual solicitation. Accordingly, we affirm.

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On the evening of May 1, 1980, Officers Miller Millard Smith, Jr., and William H.…