United States v. Carrasquillo-Penaloza, No. 14-1819 (1st Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to transportation of a minor with the intent that she engage in prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2423(a). The plea agreement contained a joint recommendation that Defendant be sentenced to the statutory minimum sentence of 120 months’ imprisonment and also contained a waiver-of-appeal clause. Defendant appealed, arguing that the application of section 2423(a) to conduct wholly within Puerto Rico exceeds Congress’s legislative authority under the Commerce Clause. The First Circuit dismissed the appeal, holding that Defendant waived this argument by entering the unconditional guilty plea and executing the waiver-of-appeal clause.
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