Legal Opinion
Charles C. Harris v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1957No. 16083PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Circuit Judge.
Harris,1 convicted of sending to Kay Frances Williams a photographic negative of an obscene picture through the mails in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1461 after a vigorous defense by able Court-appointed counsel, appeals now pro se with numerous 2 complaints of error.
The only substantial question is whether harmful error was committed by the Trial Court in allowing considerable testimony to come in showing that Harris’s purpose in taking, using and transmitting the picture (or negative) was to coerce Kay Williams into working for him as a prostitute.
The case and her story,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Parmelee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- United States v. LevineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Sunshine Book Company v. SummerfieldDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1955
- Sam Cagnina v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Thomas Lorenzo Williams v. Dr. George Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- United States v. ThevisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. SchillaciDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
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