Legal Opinion
Melvin Andre Taylor, AKA James A. Barker, AKA James Tate v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1967No. 21283PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 jhdge’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 from Eureka, California, to Seattle, Washington, for purposes of prostitution.
At the commencement of trial the Government moved for an order…
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