United States v. Anderson

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

George Anderson appeals his conviction and sentence for two counts of sex trafficking of children. 1 The Government’s case at trial showed that Anderson induced two minor females to work for him as prostitutes, that they gave him all the money they made, and that in return Anderson paid for the girls’ hotel rooms, cell phones, clothes, and food.

I

Anderson raises five points of error which we address in turn.

A

Anderson first argues that the phrasing of the jury instruction on the interstate commerce element of sex trafficking allowed the jury to convict…