Aaron Stewart v. United States

Following trial to a jury, appellant, Aaron Stewart, was convicted of knowingly transporting Diane Schneider from Portland, Oregon to Tacoma, Washington for the purpose of prostitution, in violation of the White Slave Traffic Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2421 .

Included in the same indictment as co-defendant is one Wayne Matterson who was convicted of the same offense on his plea of Guilty.

Appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of three years but execution of the sentence was suspended and appellant was placed on probation for a period of five years on condition, among others, that he serve six months in a jail type institution.

Appellant’s assignments of error maybe summarized as follows:

We will consider the assignments seriatim.

In considering the assignment as to the insufficiency of the evidence, we must bear in mind that the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to support the judgment. Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60 , 62 S.Ct. 457 , 86 L.Ed. 680 (1942); Williams v. United States, 273 F.2d 781 (9th Cir., 1959), cert. denied, 362 U.S. 951 , 80 S.Ct. 862 , 4 L.Ed. 2d 868 ; Teasley v. United States, 292 F.2d 460 (9th Cir., 1961). It is also to be…