Travon Jarvel Jackson v. United States
Privacy
Whether evidence of prior prostitution activity that is inadmissible under Rule 412 of the Federal Rules of Evidence to rebut a claim of sex trafficking by force under 18 U.S.C. § 1591 may be admissible to rebut a claim of sex trafficking by fraud under § 1591
QUESTIONS PRESENTED A. Whether evidence of prior prostitution activity that is inadmissible under Rule 412 of the Federal Rules of Evidence to rebut a claim of sex trafficking by force under 18 U.S.C. § 1591 may be admissible to rebut a claim of sex trafficking by fraud under § 1591. B. Whether Rule 608(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence limiting evidence of specific instances of conduct to attack or support a witness’s character for truthfulness applies to evidence of an alleged victim’s lie to mvestigators during investigation of the very offense being prosecuted. i