United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction of three counts of sex trafficking is affirmed where: 1) defendant knew, in the sense of being aware of an established modus operandi, that his conduct would in the future cause a person to engage in prostitution; and 2) the evidence of defendant's knowledge of his own modus operandi in securing an income from prostitution by a pattern of coercion was sufficient to support the jury's verdict.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/15/2010
• Published 11/15/2010

Judges

• John T. Noonan

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Suzanne Lee Elliott, Ye-Ting Woo