BAKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 17937.

310 F.2d 924 (1962)

James Richard BAKER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordian S. Benes, Richard L. Daly, and Robert J. O'Hanlon, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

John W. Bonner, U. S. Atty., Melvin D. Close, Jr., and Thomas R. C. Wilson, III, Asst. U. S. Attys., Las Vegas, Nev., for appellee.

Before ORR, HAMLEY and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

James Richard Baker was tried and convicted of knowingly transporting Carol Lou Thomas from Tiller, Oregon to Elko, Nevada, for the purpose of prostitution, in violation of the White Slave Traffic Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2421. He appeals, asserting that the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence, in failing to instruct the jury on certain points, and in erroneously instructing them as to other matters.

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