United States Sixth Circuit

Defendant's conviction and sentence for causing the foreign travel of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity are affirmed where: 1) his prosecution did not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause; 2) defendant did not reserve the right to appeal the sufficiency of the evidence, and thus waived his argument that the government did not provide a sufficient factual basis to support his plea; and 3) the district court did not abuse its discretion when it rejected defendant's argument that his sentence should be reduced to account for his prior incarceration.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/24/2009
• Published 08/24/2009

Judges

• Before SILER, MOORE, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Kerry M. Donahue, Bellinger & Donahue, Dublin, Ohio, for Appellant.  Daniel Y. Mekaru, Assistant United States Attorney, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Kerry M. Donahue, Bellinger & Donahue, Dublin, Ohio, for Appellant.  Daniel Y. Mekaru, Assistant United States Attorney, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.