Legal Opinion
United States v. Thong Vang and Neng Vue
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 23, 1997No. 96-4041, 96-4105PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Thong Vang and Neng Vue participated in a six-day, interstate trip in which a group of men repeatedly forced themselves upon three young girls brought along for that purpose. A jury convicted both men under 18 U.S.C. § 2423(b), which prohibits traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in a sexual act with a person under eighteen years of age. 1 The District Court sentenced the defendants to the statutory maximum penalty of one hundred and twenty months in prison. Vang and Vue appeal these sentences, as well as the district court’s instruction to the…
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