United States of America v. Griffith, 284 F. 3d 338 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 2002

Defendants-appellants Anthony Griffith and Christopher Griffith, who are brothers, appeal from a judgment of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Baer, J.), following a jury trial, convicting each of them of transporting an individual in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in prostitution in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422 and 2423, of using a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of that conduct in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), and of conspiracy to violate each of the aforementioned laws. The district court sentenced Anthony Griffith to 126 months\u27 imprisonment and Christopher Griffith to 120 months\u27 imprisonment. The court also sentenced each of the Griffiths to supervised release periods of three years and imposed special assessments of $400. For the reasons that follow, we affirm