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Date: 11-06-2024
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Case Number: 4:19-CR-281
Judge: Claire V. Egan
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office in Tulsa
Defendant's Attorney:
Description:
A jury in the Northern District of Oklahoma convicted Palms of one count of Sex
Trafficking by Force, Fraud, and Coercion in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a)(1) and 2
(2), one count of Attempted Obstruction of Sex Trafficking Enforcement in violation of
18 U.S.C. § 1591(d), and one count of Transporting an Individual for Prostitution in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a). Evidence presented to the jury suggested that Palms
had coerced his girlfriend, M.W., into prostitution.
Outcome: Convicted.
Affirmed on appeal.
Petition for a writ of habeas corpus denied.
Affirmed on appeal.
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