United States v. Montijo-Maysonet, No. 18-1640 (1st Cir. 2020)
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The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's convictions and sentences for several sex crimes, including using a facility and means of interstate commerce to knowingly induce a thirteen-year-old female to engage in sexual activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422(b), and transporting minors in a commonwealth with the same illicit intent, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2423(a), holding that there was no reversible error.
Specifically, the First Circuit held (1) there was sufficient evidence to support each one of Defendant's convictions; (2) any error in letting a law enforcement officer testify about text messages taken off Defendant's cell phone and about an app without being qualified as an expert in "cell phone extractions or forensic analysis" was harmless; and (3) Defendant's sentence was both procedurally and substantively reasonable.
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