People v. Kennedy

On September 30, 1968, defendant Jesse Kennedy was found guilty by a jury of receiving money from the earning’s of a prostitute without consideration. MCLA § 750.457 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.712). The trial court denied his motion for a new trial, and he appeals.

The information charged defendant with “knowingly accept [ing], receiv[ing], levy[ing] and appropriat[ing] certain money, of an undetermined amount, without consideration from the proceeds of the earnings of a certain female person engaged in prostitution, to-wit: * * * .” In its final instructions to the jury, the trial court recited…