United States v. Thomas

2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5726 (2015)

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United States v. Thomas

United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5726 (2015)

SC

Facts

Edward Thomas (defendant) was charged with sex trafficking of a minor. The prosecution (plaintiff) asserted that Minor Victim 2 (MV2) traveled cross-country to see Thomas. MV2 was unavailable to testify. The prosecution sought to introduce text messages from MV2 to Thomas as an adoption by party opponent. In the first text, MV2 stated, “Send a pic of ur girl,” and Thomas responded, “Send me a pic.” In the second text, MV2 referenced a trip and asked for money. Thomas responded, “I’m on it.” In the third text, MV2 stated, “We just arrived in Denver.” Thomas did not respond. In the fourth text, MV2 stated that she was about to get to Omaha. Thomas responded, “Ok.” In the fifth text, MV2 stated that she gave Thomas money because he paid for her trip and because she did not think another girl—presumably MV1—would talk to her. Five minutes later, Thomas responded that the other girl liked her. In the sixth text, MV2 stated that she did not like Thomas’s program. Thomas replied, “If u would have gave it 2 days u would have been here with just me!” Thomas acknowledged that his portion of the conversations were admissible as statements by party opponent but objected to the introduction of MV2’s texts, arguing that they were hearsay.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Chatigny, J.)

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