Legal Opinion
Wright v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1949No. 13888PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The appellants were charged, by an indictment (based on the Mann Act, 18 U.S. C..A. § 398, 36 Stat. 825, now § 2421, new Title 18 U.S.C.A.), with having on July 18, 1948, knowingly transported in interstate commerce from Houston, Texas, to Texarkana, Arkansas, a certain woman, for immoral purposes. The defendants (appek *386lants) entered pleas of not guilty, and were tried, convicted and sentenced. By this appeal they challenge the legality of their conviction. They contend: (1) that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict of the jury; (2) that the court…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Hoke & Economides v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Gebardi v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Hewitt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Myres v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by29 opinions
- United States v. Kenneth O. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Martin Judson Smith, Jr. And John Thomas Lott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Donald R. Nance, Ii, and Thomas N. TilestonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Bernard Bloch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- J. A. Herzog v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
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