Johnson v. State

OPINION

BONEY, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Joseph H. Johnson, was tried by a jury and convicted of two counts. Count I charged him with living on the earnings of a prostitute in violation of AS 11.40.300. 1 Count II charged him with procuring a female for prostitution in violation of AS 11.40.350. 2

At trial, the state called only one witness, a female then 15 years of age and of limited mentality. She had begun her career as a prostitute when she was 13 years old, and, was, by her own testimony, a thief and a user of marijuana, “speed,” and mescaline. Her testimony, though replete with…