TAYLOR v. UNITED STATES

No. 21283.

388 F.2d 786 (1967)

Melvin Andre TAYLOR, aka James A. Barker, aka James Tate, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 19, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray B. Guterson (argued), Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Eugene Cushing, U. S. Atty., Jerald E. Olson, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before MADDEN, Judge of the Court of Claims, and HAMLEY and MERRILL, Circuit Judges.


MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether it was an abuse of discretion for the District Court to refuse to permit appellant to call as a witness one who had, in violation of the judge's order of exclusion, been present in court while other witnesses were testifying.

Appellant was tried in the District Court for the Western District of Washington on a charge of violating the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2421, by transporting a young woman...

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