Legal Opinion
United States v. James Mozie
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 22, 2014No. 12-12538PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Chief Judge:
James Mozie hosted “parties” at his house six days a week, every day but Sunday. With the help of his family members, including his teenage sons, he sold food, alcohol, and drugs to his party guests. He also sold sex, providing young girls who would strip for tips and have sex for money. Many of them were teenagers and one was only thirteen. For them Mo-zie’s home was a den of degradation.
Mozie found the teenage girls he used by posing as a benevolent businessman who ran a modeling agency. He was anything but benevolent and no respectable business would have been named, as…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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