United States of America v. Jonathan Lynn Jenkins

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit sex

trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion and of a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C.

§§ 1591(a), (b)(2) and 1594(c) (Count One); sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion

of a minor and aiding and abetting, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a), (b), and 2 (Count

Two); sex trafficking of a minor and aiding and abetting, in violation of 18 U.S.C.

§§ 1591(a), (b)(2), and 2 (Count Three); use of the internet to promote an unlawful business

enterprise and aiding and abetting, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1592(a)(3) and 2 (Count

Four); and possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and

924 (Count Five). Jenkins' nephew and codefendant, Antoine Lamar Wallace, was also

charged in Counts One through Four.



Defendant filed a motion of suppress a video confession he claimed violated Fed. R. Evid. 410 and Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(f).

After a week-long trial, a jury convicted Jenkins on all counts. The district court sentenced Jenkins to life on Counts One, Two, and Three, to be served consecutively; 60 months’ imprisonment on Count Four, to be served concurrently to Counts One, Two, and Three; 120 months’ imprisonment on Count Five, to be served concurrently to Count Four; and 5 years supervised release on Counts One, Two, and Three and 3 years supervised release on Counts 4 and 5, all to run concurrently.



Affirmed