United States v. Reid, No. 13-5765 (6th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseJ.H. has known Reid, an acquaintance of her family, since early childhood. In 2011, Reid (age 48) began to send J.H. (age 13) text messages and phone calls that led her to think of him as her boyfriend. He eventually had sex with her, first in Memphis, Tennessee, then in a hotel across the Mississippi border. J.H. told Reid that she wanted to run away from home. Reid encouraged her to leave, picked her up on her way to school, and headed to Las Vegas, having sex along the way. When they reached Las Vegas, J.H. called her family, who had been searching for her. Reid was convicted of violating the Mann Act, which prohibits knowingly transporting a minor in interstate commerce with intent that the minor engage in illegal sexual activity, 18 U.S.C. 2423(a) and sentenced to 198 months in prison. The Sixth Circuit affirmed, rejecting challenges concerning being allowed only nine peremptory challenges in the selection of the jury that convicted him; to the admission of evidence concerning his in-state sexual encounters with J.H.; in the application of an “undue influence” enhancement at his sentencing; and in the calculation of his criminal history score.
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