U.S. v. BASTON

Nos. 14-14444, 15-10923.

818 F.3d 651 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. Damion St. Patrick BASTON, a.k.a. R.A.B., a.k.a. Drac, a.k.a. "D", a.k.a. Daddy, Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 24, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Tobin Rubio , Roy K. Altman , Olivia Choe , Wifredo A. Ferrer , Kathleen Mary Salyer , Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, Ann Marie Christine Villafana , U.S. Attorney's Office, West Palm Beach, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

Michael Caruso , Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Miami, FL, Timothy Cone , Federal Public Defender's Office, Fort Pierce, FL, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR and FAY, Circuit Judges, and ROBRENO, District Judge.


This appeal and cross-appeal require us to review the convictions and sentence of Damion Baston, an international sex trafficker nicknamed "Drac" (short for Dracula) who sometimes dressed up as a vampire, complete with yellow contact lenses and gold-plated fangs. Baston forced numerous women to prostitute for him by...

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