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U.S. v. FLANDERS

Nos. 12-10995, 12-15027, 12-15248.

752 F.3d 1317 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lavont FLANDERS, Jr., a.k.a. Antone Cobe, a.k.a. Shannon, et al., Emerson Callum, a.k.a. Jah-T, Defendants-Appellants. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lavont Flanders, Jr., a.k.a. Antone Cobe, a.k.a. Shannon, a.k.a. Larry Griffin, a.k.a. Karen Watson, a.k.a. Darius, a.k.a. Ladarius Cobe, a.k.a. Darius Cove, a.k.a. Errick Farmer, a.k.a. Eric Lawson, a.k.a. Erick Liwson, a.k.a. Tina Clintmore, a.k.a. Erick Blossom, a.k.a. Gregory Bagget, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lavont Flanders, Jr., a.k.a. Antone Cobe, a.k.a. Shannon, a.k.a. Larry Griffin, a.k.a. Karen Watson, a.k.a. Darius, a.k.a. Ladarius Cobe, a.k.a. Darius Cove, a.k.a. Errick Farmer, a.k.a. Eric Lawson, a.k.a. Erick Liwson, a.k.a. Tina Clintmore, a.k.a. Erick Blossom, a.k.a. Gregory Bagget, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy K. Altaian , Lisa Tobin Rubio , Wifredo A. Ferrer , Barbara A. Martinez , Anne Ruth Schultz , Arimentha R. Walkins , U.S. Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David Jonathon Joffe , Joffe Law, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Derek Lewis , Derek Lewis, PA, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before MARTIN and FAY, Circuit Judges, and DUFFY, District Judge.

DUFFY, District Judge:

For years Lavont Flanders, Jr., and Emerson Callum (collectively, "Defendants" or "Appellants") perpetrated a scheme in which they fraudulently lured women to South Florida, drugged them with Benzodiazepines, filmed them engaging in sexual acts, and distributed the pornographic footage. After a six-day trial, a jury convicted both Flanders and Callum on multiple counts of inducing women to engage in sex trafficking through fraud and of benefitting...

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