State v. Sandoval

OPINION

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted in Magistrate Court of prostitution, in violation of § 30-9-2, N.M.S.A.1978. After a trial de novo in the district court on appeal, defendant was found guilty, and sentenced to sixty days in the San Juan County Jail.

Defendant frames two issues in this appeal, as follows:

I. Whether the different standards used in the Prostitution [§ 30-9-2, supra] and Patronizing Statutes [§ 30-9-3, N.M.S.A.1978] violate the equal protection of the defendant where all prostitutes are female and all customers are male.

II. Whether the sheriff’s office engages…