UNITED STATES v. LAW

No. 19-2345.

990 F.3d 1058 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rita LAW, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 11, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel Whalen , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Steven H. Jesser , Attorney, Steven H. Jesser , Attorney At Law, P.C., Glenview, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Ripple, Wood, and Brennan, Circuit Judges.


A jury convicted Rita Law of sex trafficking which the district court described as "a modern-day form of slavery." On appeal, Law challenges several evidentiary rulings at trial, the sufficiency of the evidence for her convictions, and her sentence of 360 months' imprisonment. We find no errors by the district court, so we...

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