State v. Collins

BILLINGS, Presiding Judge.

A Greene County jury found defendant William Earl Collins guilty of receiving the earnings of a prostitute [§ 563.040, RSMo 1969] and the court sentenced him as a habitual criminal to a 10-year prison term. We affirm.

A 16-year-old female and another member of defendant’s “companionship service” both testified defendant accepted the girl’s earnings, without consideration, from the monies she received from engaging in prostitution. Defendant contends the testimony of these two state’s witnesses is “unbelievable” and, therefore, the prosecution did not make a…