State v. Dodson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul, J.:

This is a direct appeal by defendant-appellant, Richard L. Dodson, from a conviction of promoting prostitution in violation of K. S. A. 21-3513, a class A misdemeanor. A jury trial was waived and the matter was tried to the district court.

On October 21,1975, Reserve Police Officers J. Douglas Mauck and Jack C. Metz were assigned to Detectives Hogan and Killian of the Topeka Police Department’s vice squad for the purpose of participating in a prostitution investigation. Mauck and Metz met at the police station where they were told by the…