State v. Armstrong

Peterson, Justice.

Defendant, a prostitute who allegedly solicited two men for purposes of prostitution, was tab charged and convicted in Hennepin County Municipal Court of violating the so-called “loitering” and “lurking” ordinances of the city of Minneapolis. Minneapolis Ordinance § 870.010, labeled as the “vagrancy” ordinance, provides in relevant part:

“No person shall loiter on the streets or in a public place or in a place open to the public with intent to solicit for purposes of prostitution or any other act prohibited by law” (Italics supplied.)

Minneapolis Ordinance § 870.050, labeled…