Legal Opinion
United States v. German Ventura
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 18, 2017No. 15-4808PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Appellant German de Jesus Ventura and his co-defendant, Kevin Garcia Fuertes, ran several brothels in Annapolis, Maryland. Eventually, their seedy empire was exposed, resulting in the prosecution of Ventura and Fuertes in the District of Maryland, In a seven-count indictment, Ventura was charged with sex trafficking and related offenses. After a jury found Ventura guilty of .all seven charges, the district court sentenced him to 420 months in prison. Ventura appealed, and we vacated one of his seven convictions, plus the sentence imposed on the vacated conviction.’We…
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