Legal Opinion
United States v. Alexander Walls
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 21, 2015No. 13-30223PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEA, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellant Alexander Walls operated as a small-time pimp. The questions here are (1) whether, under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, Congress has the power to regulate his local pimping, and (2) whether Congress intended a federal criminal statute to regulate local pimping consistent with the full extent of its commerce powers. We answer both questions in the affirmative.
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Walls was charged by criminal complaint in August 2011 with interstate transportation of a child for the purpose of prostitution, 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a), and witness…
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