Legal Opinion
United States v. Alexander Rashkovski
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 28, 2002No. 01-50374PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge.
Alexander Rashkovski appeals his conviction and sentence for smuggling aliens into the United States for prostitution purposes, in violation of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1324(a)(2)(B)(ii) and 1328, and 18 U.S.C. § 2422(a). His appeal presents the intriguing question whether sufficient evidence can support a conviction for persuasion or inducement to travel for the purpose of prostitution under § 2422(a), where the aliens themselves desired to leave Russia and travel to the United States, and did so having no actual intent to engage in prostitution. Rashkovski also challenges…
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