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U.S. v. WHYTE

No. 17-15223.

928 F.3d 1317 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jermayne WHYTE, a.k.a. Turtle, Jennifer Castro, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 10, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Wu , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney Service — SFL, Andrea G. Hoffman , Lisa Tobin Rubio , Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attorney Service — Southern District of Florida, MIAMI, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael Caruso , Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Bernardo Lopez , Federal Public Defender's Office, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, Carlos Daniel Grande , Williams Hilal Wigand Grande, PLLC, MIAMI, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Jermayne Whyte.

Jonathan S. Friedman , Law Office of Jonathan S. Friedman, PA, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Jennifer Castro.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, NEWSOM, and BRANCH, Circuit Judges.

The main issue presented by this appeal is whether the government may prove sex trafficking of a minor, 18 U.S.C. § 1591, by establishing only that a defendant had a reasonable opportunity to observe the minor victim instead of proving that he knew or recklessly disregarded the victim's age. Jermayne Whyte and...

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