Shannon v. United States

Charged by information with soliciting for lewd and immoral purposes, 1 appellant was, after trial without a jury, 2 found guilty and sentenced to ninety days imprisonment — the maximum term provided by law. On this appeal he contends that (1) the statute is unconstitutionally vague, (2) the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for a judgment of acquittal on the grounds of entrapment and the government’s failure to establish the elements of the offense, and (3) he was denied a fair and impartial trial. The latter contention is one neither to be made lightly nor to be treated…