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· 6/21/1910

State v. Thuna

Citations

  • 59 Wash. 689
  • 109 P. 331
  • 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1263

Syllabus

<p>Prostitution — Common Prostitute — Definition. To constitute one a common prostitute under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2440, making it a crime to live with or accept the earnings of a common prostitute, it is not essential that she submit herself to sexual intercour-e for gain (Rudkin, C. J., Chadwick, Gose and Morris, JJ., dissenting) .</p> <p>Criminal Law — Evidence—Proof of Other Crimes — Admissibility. In a prosecution for living with a common prostitute, letters showing that the accused had been living with the woman and that she was a prostitute for hire, are not inadmissible because they show that the accused had committed other crimes.</p> <p>Prostitution — Living With Prostitute — Information—Time of Offense — Sufficiency. An information for living with a common prostitute is not insufficient because it charges the offense to have been committed on a single day instead of charging a continuing offense; since so living for one day with intent to continue the relation constitutes the offense.</p>

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that when jury instructions, read as a whole, properly state the applicable law, there is no error
  • “[T]his Court will not pass upon the credibility of witnesses and, where the evidence justifies a verdict, it must be accepted as having been found worthy of belief.” (quotation marks omitted)
  • Mississippi Supreme Court may limit the issues it addresses after granting certiorari
  • “[T]his Court may limit the issue(s) we wish to address upon a grant of certiorari.” (citing McCain v. State, 81 So. 3d 1055, 1059 n.5 (Miss. 2012); Glidden v. State, 74 So. 3d 342, 345 (Miss. 2011); M.R.A.P. 17(h))

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Judges: Mount, Rudkin

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