United States v. Edward B. Ellis, A/K/A Rocco Ellis

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Edward B. Ellis appeals from his May 14, 1990 conviction, after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, of three counts of knowingly transporting “ED,” an individual under the age of eighteen years, in interstate commerce between Massachusetts and Florida (twice) and Massachusetts and Vermont (once) to engage in illegal sexual activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423. 1 Ellis was sentenced to twenty five years in prison. We affirm.

FACTS

The following appeared at trial:

1. Catherine DeCouto met Edward “Rocco” Ellis in…