United States v. Travis Edward Gross

Travis Gross was charged, tried, and convicted of conspiracy to smuggle a drug known as XLR11 into the United States and to introduce that drug into interstate commerce as misbranded, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 542, 545, and 21 U.S.C. §§ 331, 333(a)(2) (Count One); as well as three counts of money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1957 (Counts Four, Five, and Six); and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h) (Count Seven). 1 Gross was sentenced to 156 months’ imprisonment. He now appeals his convictions and sentence. Having carefully reviewed…