GIBSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 20885.

403 F.2d 569 (1968)

Cooper W. GIBSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1968.

As Amended on Petition for Rehearing Denied May 1, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph P. Tumulty, Jr., Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Larry D. Knippa, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Texas, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Seymour Glanzer, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Albert W. Overby, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and BURGER and TAMM, Circuit Judges.


As Amended on Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied May 1, 1968.

BURGER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a conviction for taking indecent liberties with an eleven year old boy. 22 D.C. Code 3501(a) (1967). The prosecution case included direct evidence by the complaining witness and corroboration by his mother on substantial aspects of the elements of the crime. The boy's mother and the boy were subjected to rigorous and effective cross examination. The...

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