Mistrial Declared in Prostitution Case
From Times Staff Reports
An impasse was declared Wednesday in the prostitution trial of a woman who is HIV-positive after the Superior Court jury reported that it was deadlocked.
Judge Arthur M. Lew dismissed the panel and set Aug. 7 as a pretrial hearing date for Panchita Hall, who will be retried under a 1988 state law that requires convicted prostitutes who have been informed that they are HIV-positive to be charged with a felony upon their next arrest.
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