UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

No. 20-4120.

5 F.4th 500 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alan WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Nicholas Joseph Compton , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Martinsburg, West Virginia, for Appellant. Kimberley DeAnne Crockett , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Martinsburg, West Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William J. Powell , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Rushing wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Harris joined.


Over the course of at least two years, Alan Williams gained the trust of a family with three children. He grew so close with the family that the parents let him take their teenage daughter, E.W., on out-of-state vacations. But unbeknownst to E.W.'s parents, Williams used those trips to sexually abuse the girl and, from their...

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