UNITED STATES v. HOLCOMB

No. 85-2669.

797 F.2d 1320 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles HOLCOMB and Ed Wallach, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dick DeGuerin, Houston, Tex., for Charles Holcomb.

Scott Ramsey, Harry Nelson Monck, Houston, Tex., for Ed Wallach.

Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Susan L. Yarbrough, James R. Gough, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, RANDALL, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

Today we consider the appeals of two men found guilty of violating the Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1952, and the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2422, by participating in an interstate prostitution ring. Their appeals require us to make several rulings. First, the defenses presented at trial were not antagonistic enough to mandate severance. Second, the Mann Act counts of the indictment were insufficient because they mention nothing about an essential...

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