Lee v. Municipality of Anchorage

OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

This case presents the question of what culpable mental states the Municipality must prove when it charges a person with maintaining a place of prostitution under Section 8.65.060 of the Anchorage Municipal Code (AMC). Kyong Suk Lee was convicted of two separate violations of AMC 8.65.060(A), which provides that it is "unlawful for any person to knowingly maintain or operate a place, building, structure or part thereof, vehicle, mobile home, or other conveyance for the purpose of prostitution or assignation." Lee claims that under this ordinance, the Municipality not…