U.S. v. BLAKE

No. 15-13395.

868 F.3d 960 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dontavious M. BLAKE, Tara Jo Moore, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 21, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sivashree Sundaram , Amit Agarwal , Wifredo A. Ferrer , Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attorney's Office, MIAMI, FL, Lothrop Morris , U.S. Attorney's Office, WEST PALM BEACH, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael Caruso , Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, MIAMI, FL, Timothy Cone , Law Offices of Timothy Cone, WASHINGTON, DC, Neison M. Marks , Federal Public Defender's Office, WEST PALM BEACH, FL, Gail M. Stage , Federal Public Defender's Office, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, for Defendant-Appellant DONTAVIOUS M. BLAKE.

Peter Thomas Patanzo , Benjamin & Aaronson, PA, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, for Defendant-Appellant TARA JO MOORE.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, FAY, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


After a nine-day trial, a jury found Dontavious Blake and Tara Jo Moore guilty of child sex trafficking for managing a prostitution ring involving at least two girls under the age of eighteen. Blake and Moore challenge numerous rulings the district court made before and during trial, and...

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