Commonwealth v. Johnson

CERCONE, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence entered after appellant Lena M. Johnson was found guilty of prostitution 1 following a non-jury trial. We affirm.

The trial court has accurately and aptly summarized the facts of this case:

On June 29, 1994, at approximately 8:00 pm, Detective John Fisher was on an undercover assignment to investigate alleged prostitution at a massage parlor located at 2223 Murray Avenue. The price for a half-hour massage from a topless woman was $25.00, and from a naked woman was $35.00. [For a fee of forty-five ($45.00) dollars, the nude patron…