United States v. Annette Basa

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge:

In exchange for money and drugs; Defendant Annette Nakatsukasa Basa provided housing for two 16-year-old girls and facilitated their having sex with adult men. Defendant pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of children, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a)(1). 1 The district court sentenced Defendant to a term of 210 months in prison; she appeals that sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1591 and 1594. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In the spring of 2013, two homeless 15-year-old girls, V.R. and A.J., moved into Defendant’s home on Saipan. Defendant gave them…