No. 19-6826
Jennifer Castro v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: affirmative-defenses age-of-consent criminal-law criminal-statute human-trafficking mens-rea minor minor-victims prostitution prostitution-law reasonable-belief sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation strict-liability
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2020-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a) a strict liability offense?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Is 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a), which bars employing a minor to engage in prostitution, a strict liability offense requiring no proof of the defendant’s knowledge or reckless disregard of the victim’s age and precluding the defendant from introducing evidence of a reasonable belief that the person employed was an adult? i INTERESTED PARTIES There are no parties interested in the proceeding other than those named in the caption of the appellate decision: Jennifer Castro Jermayne Whyte ii
Docket Entries
2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-11-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 2, 2020)
Attorneys
Jennifer Castro
Jonathan S. Friedman — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent