Robert Donald Sullivan, and Johnny Frederick Woods v. United States

This is an appeal from a jury verdict and judgment thereon finding the defendants guilty of violating Title 18 U.S. C.A. § 2421. Each of the defendants was sentenced to serve five (5) years.

The appellants claim error in the Court’s charge for failure to give limiting instructions as to evidence of prior misconduct; a failure to properly charge on the element of criminal intent; an inadequate definition of the words “unlawfully” and “knowingly”; a lack of instructions as to the credibility of the sole witness for the Government; and improper instructions as to the burden of proof. The…