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HAWKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 20.

358 U.S. 74 (1958)

HAWKINS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 24, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. King and Byron Tunnell argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Kirby W. Patterson argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Anderson and Beatrice Rosenberg.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment by a United States District Court in Oklahoma on a charge that he violated the Mann Act, 18 U. S. C. § 2421, by transporting a girl from Arkansas to Oklahoma for immoral purposes. Over petitioner's objection the District Court permitted the Government to use his wife as a witness against him.

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