Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Holcomb and Ed Wallach
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1986No. 85-2669PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 element of that statute: the use of a common carrier to cross state lines. We therefore reverse the convictions under these counts.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Rewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Ronald Berkowitz, Paul D'alessandro, Kevin Van Coughnett, Bisan Vafaie, and Wendall HowellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Houshang SheikhCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. James C. GordonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Manuel Juan AlvarezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by22 opinions
- United States v. David Lamar Faulkner, Spencer H. Blain, Jr., James L. Toler and Arthur FormannCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Arthur C. Bieganowski, M.D., Richard J. Goldberg, C.P.A., Gustavo Diaz, and Jesse Jaime LopezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- United States v. PettigrewCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. MorrowCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. Moses Tootick, United States of America v. Charles Evans FrankCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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