SMITH v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 73-2062, 73-2141, 73-2142.

505 F.2d 824 (1974)

Charlie Edward SMITH, Defendant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee. William Melvin CHRISTMAN, Defendant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee. Charles Edward SMITH and George David Duncan, Defendants-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

November 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert H. Deitch, Atlanta, Ga., Joseph J. Levitt, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn., Robert Eugene Smith, Baltimore, Md., George E. Paire, Knoxville, Tenn., Howard J. Greenwald, Charlotte, N. C., for defendants-appellants.

John L. Bowers, U. S. Atty., Edward E. Wilson, Charles N. Stedman, Carl P. McDonald, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and WEICK and PECK, Circuit Judges.


JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.

Involved here are appeals by three defendants-appellants convicted for interstate transportation of obscene films in a common jury trial (Nos. 73-2141 and 73-2142); also involved is an appeal from an order dismissing appellant Smith's civil action for the return of seized property (No. 73-2062). Appellants Duncan and Smith joined in the brief filed in appeals Nos. 73-2062 and 73-2142, and appellant Christman filed separate briefs in No...

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