UNITED STATES v. LOMAS

No. 17777.

440 F.2d 335 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Melvin LOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

March 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manuel Rosenstein, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Frank J. Violanti, U. S. Atty., J. William Roberts, Asst. U. S. Atty., Springfield, Ill., Max J. Lipkin, Peoria, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KNOCH, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUMMINGS and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


KNOCH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant, John Melvin Lomas, appeals his conviction in a jury trial on a charge of interstate transport of a woman for immoral purposes in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 2421. He was sentenced to serve five years.

Defendant presents five issues for review:

"(1) Whether the Court erred in failing to declare a mistrial upon motion duly made, after a government witness testified to a conversation with

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