Willie Frank Brown v. United States

BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of transporting Betty Joyce Lanuzza from Seattle, Washington, to Richmond, California, for the purpose of prostitution in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2421. He seeks reversal upon two grounds.

I

Appellant argues that because Miss Lanuzza furnished the automobile and the money, she and not he “transported” the couple between the points alleged. From the government’s evidence at the trial, the jury might have concluded that prior to the trip in question Miss Lanuzza became a prostitute on appellant’s instruction, that appellant directed Miss Lanuzza’s…