Legal Opinion
Robert Lee Gawne v. United States of America, William Thomas Banks v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1969No. 21914-A, 21914-BPublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWNING, Circuit Judge:
Robert Gawne and William Banks appeal their convictions of violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a) (2) (Federal Kidnaping Act) and 2312 (Dyer Act), and of 15 U.S.C. § 902(e) (Federal Firearms Act) (now 18 U.S.C. § 922(e)). We affirm.
I
Appellants moved before trial to transfer the proceedings from Reno to Las Vegas in the District of Nevada on the ground that because of local pretrial newspaper and television publicity, prejudice against them in the Reno area was so great that they could not obtain a fair trial. The district court denied the motion without prejudice to…
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