United States v. Arnold J. Price, Charles R. Mitchell, William Pernar Mitchell, A/K/A Bill Mitchell, and Bobbi Mitchell

577 F.2d 1356 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arnold J. PRICE, Charles R. Mitchell, William Pernar Mitchell, a/k/a Bill Mitchell, and Bobbi Mitchell, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 77-1929, 77-1676, 77-1609 and 77-1608. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. March 9, 1978. Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 12, 1978. 1 John J. O'Connell (argued), Tacoma, Wash., for defendants-appellants. 2 James Moore, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. 4 Before CARTER AND HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, * District Judge. RUSSELL E. SMITH, District Judge: 5 Defendants Arnold Price, Charles R. Mitchell, William P. Mitchell, and Bobbi Mitchell were convicted of a conspiracy to transport two women, Shelly and Debbie, 1 in interstate commerce for purposes of prostitution, and Charles R. Mitchell was convicted of transporting Debbie from Washington to Oregon for purposes of prostitution. 6 Because of the confrontation problem arising as to Charles Mitchell, we set out the evidence supporting the conviction in more detail than ordinarily would be…