Opinion ID: 513484
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Was Kinslow Properly Convicted on Count Six?

Text: 21 Kinslow contends that the evidence was legally insufficient to support his conviction on count six because sexual misconduct was not a dominant purpose in the transportation of Malina Blades across state lines. In this circuit, a federal crime under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2423 exists if the immoral activity is one of the dominant purposes of the transportation. United States v. Fox, 425 F.2d 996, 999 (9th Cir.1970). It is not necessary, therefore, that the immoral activity be the only purpose of the trip. 22 Kinslow asserts that his only purpose in taking Malina Blades across state lines was to insure his own safe passage from Arizona to California. While this may have been one of his goals, the jury was entitled to find that Kinslow also intended to assert sexual control over the females in the Blades family and that this was one of the reasons he took them all into California. The evidence showed that before leaving for California, Kinslow raped Mrs. Blades, or at least forced her to engage in some form of sexual activity against her will. A rational trier of fact could have found that one of the dominant purposes in transporting Malina Blades across state lines was to have her available to him for immoral, sexual purposes. 23