Legal Opinion
United States v. Tyrone McMillian
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 27, 2015No. 13-3577PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted the defendant áfter a one-week jury trial of four counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a), which mainly, so far as relates to this case, punishes anyone who “knowingly — (1) in or affecting interstate ... commerce ... recruits ... a person ... knowing, or in reckless disregard of the fact ... that the person has not attained the age of 18 years and will be caused to engage in a commercial sex act.” If convicted the defendant is to be imprisoned “for not less than 10 years or for life.” § 1591(b)(2). One of the’s recruits had attained the age of 18 (in…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Stinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Lambert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Peugh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- Bond v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States v. McKenzie CarsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
- United States v. Jermayne WhyteCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019
- United States v. Tyrone McMillian, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- United States v. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
- United States v. Gervais (Ken) NgombwaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2018
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