State v. Paradis

*102OPINION OF THE COURT BY

TANAKA, J.

Defendant Robert Charles Paradis (Defendant) appeals his conviction of two counts of Promoting Prostitution in the Second Degree in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 712-1203( 1)(b) (1976).1 HRS § 712-1205 (1976)2 provides that a defendant shall not be convicted of promoting prostitution “solely upon the uncorroborated testimony” of his prostitute. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether HRS § 712-1205 permits the testimony of one of defendant’s prostitutes to be corroborated by the testimony of another of defendant’s prostitutes. We answer no…