Wilson v. State

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted of prostitution under Acts of 1965, ch. 345, § 1, 1967 ch. 23, § 1; Burns Ind. Stat. Ann § 10-4220; I.C. 35-30-1-1, under an affidavit which alleged that she did “* * * unlawfully and feloniously offer to commit an act of sexual intercourse for hire, * * Her appeal presents two questions, neither having merit. Her first proposition is that the trial court erred in refusing the following instruction:

“An offer to commit an act of sexual intercourse is in essence an ‘attempt to commit a crime.’ An attempt to commit some crime can only occur when the act or…