Legal Opinion
United States v. Oscar Leon Franklin Snow, A/K/A Hank Snow
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 11, 1974No. 74-1507PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal questions the sufficiency of the evidence of defendant’s illegal intent. He was found guilty of violating the Mann Act by .transporting Kathy Rogers from Covington, Kentucky, to Hurley, Wisconsin, “for the purpose of prostitution.” 1
The case is somewhat unusual because, even under the government’s interpretation of the evidence, defendant had a legitimate reason for taking Rogers to Wisconsin. Whether the legitimate reason was as important as the illegitimate is doubtful, but we certainly cannot say that Rogers’ prostitution was defendant’s sole reason for…
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