United States v. Luis Albert Gillespie

LEAVY, Circuit Judge:

Luis Albert Gillespie appeals his conviction by a jury of causing the transportation of a person in interstate and foreign commerce for illegal sexual purposes (18 U.S.C. §§ 2(b), 2421 (1987)) and of directly and indirectly importing an alien for immoral purposes (8 U.S.C. § 1328 (1982)).

The government’s case was based primarily on the testimony of Isabel Anderson, who testified she saw the appellant with his pants down rubbing himself against his three-year-old goddaughter while she lay on a bed with her underwear off and her nightgown drawn up. Anderson also testified…