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Criminal Law: Sex Trafficking-PWID-Admission of Witness Testimony
Staff Report//June 17, 2026//
Defendant appealed his conviction for sex trafficking and possession with intent to distribute, challenging the admission of several witnesses’ testimony and the denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal.
Where the witness testimony was relevant to establish intent and its admission was harmless error as there was other overwhelming evidence of defendant’s guilt, the court upheld defendant’s conviction.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Kelso (MLW No. 84913/Case No. 25-1238 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Moody, J.
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