People v. Fegelli

Putnam, J.:

Although the indictment, following the caption of this section of the Penal Law, charged defendant with the crime of “ Compulsory prostitution of women,” the particular statute of which the jury found defendant guilty reads:

“ Any person who shall knowingly accept, receive, levy, or appropriate any money or other valuable thing without consideration, from the proceeds or earnings of any woman engaged in prostitution shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, on conviction thereof, shall be punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than two years nor more than twenty years and…