BRIDGES v. UNITED STATES

No. 23757.

376 F.2d 22 (1967)

Amos Lane BRIDGES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey J. St. Jean and Hoffman & St. Jean, Miami Beach, Fla., for appellant.

James W. Matthews, J. V. Eskenazi, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., William A. Meadows, Jr., U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before WISDOM and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals from his conviction of a Mann Act violation. 18 U.S.C. § 2421. Neither of the two points raised has merit and therefore we affirm.

Appellant contends that on several occasions during the course of the trial the government put Appellant's character at issue. In his opening statement, the Assistant United States Attorney informed the jury that he expected the evidence to show that the Appellant was a pimp. Upon objection by...

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