{"id":216,"date":"2018-07-17T10:06:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T14:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatersexcrimeslawyer.com\/?p=216"},"modified":"2026-01-31T13:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:15:04","slug":"florida-man-gets-30-years-in-prison-for-sex-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/florida-man-gets-30-years-in-prison-for-sex-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Man Gets 30 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently took up the <a href=\"http:\/\/media.ca11.uscourts.gov\/opinions\/unpub\/files\/201712316.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">case<\/a> of a Florida man convicted of acting as a pimp for a minor girl. The court\u2019s decision is a good example of the serious consequences that can come with being charged with sex trafficking and the significant leeway that judges have in deciding whether a Florida criminal defendant is competent to stand trial.<\/p>\n<p>Defendant was convicted of two federal crimes\u2014sex trafficking of a minor child and inducing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction\u2014for taking advantage of a 16-year-old girl who had ran away from home. He took sexually suggestive photos of the girl, according to the court, and uploaded them to an internet site for prostitution. The girl said Defendant made her have sex with four or five men per day and then give the money she earned to him. He also allegedly plied the girl with crack cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>A presentencing report indicated that Defendant had been receiving Social Security Disability benefits since he was five years old because of \u201clearning disabilities.\u201d He told the court he could not read, write, or spell, and suffered from anxiety and panic attacks. Defendant\u2019s attorney also submitted an evaluation showing that Defendant had a very low IQ\u2014equal to or better than only 0.1 percent of his peers\u2014and that he suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/florida-man-gets-30-years-in-prison-for-sex-trafficking\/#more-216\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently took up the case of a Florida man convicted of acting as a pimp for a minor girl. The court\u2019s decision is a good example of the serious consequences that can come with being charged with sex trafficking and the significant leeway that judges have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sex-crimes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Prison Sex Trafficking and How to Fight Back<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When police search your car, a sex crime charge case can hinge on man gets years prison. See how this ruling your defense. 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