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United States v. Wearing

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 26, 2017No. 16-3312PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOOD, Chief Judge.

Hoping to earn some money as a pimp, Eugene Wearing recruited a 15-year-old acquaintance, KV #1, to earn money as a prostitute. He posted a Craigslist ad with her photo and twice tried to arrange a rendezvous with a client. But both assignations fell through, and soon afterward KV #1 had second thoughts and alerted her mother, who called the authorities. At a bench trial Wearing was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1591, which makes sex trafficking of children a federal crime if done “in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce.” In this appeal Wearing challenges only…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Watson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. United States v. Herbert Marvin FeinbergCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
  3. United States v. Beleal Garcia-GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
  4. United States v. ToddCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
  5. United States v. Daron Lee JungersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2013

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  2. United States v. Brian JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2026
  3. United States v. Brian JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2026
  4. United States v. IroegbulemDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2020
  5. United States v. Joseph HazleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020

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