UNITED STATES v. VALAS

No. 20-50830.

40 F.4th 253 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond R. VALAS, III, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Richard Louis Durbin, Jr. , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Suzanne Amy Spencer, Esq. , Shaheen & Gordon, P.A., Concord, NH, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Willett, Engelhardt, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.


This is the second time Raymond R. Valas, III has challenged his conviction before this court. On direct appeal in 2016, we affirmed his conviction for "engaging in a commercial sex act with a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591." United States v. Valas, 822 F.3d 228

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