Starks

MEMORANDUM **

Roy Lee Starks appeals his conviction and sentence on one count of transporting a minor in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in prostitution, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423 (a). We affirm.

The victim in this ease was a thirteen-year-old girl who lived in an apartment with her mother in Mesa, Arizona. Since she is a juvenile, she will be referred to by the initials “J.S.” throughout this disposition. J.S. met Starks through a mutual friend. Starks talked to J.S. about prostitution and told her that his girlfriend, Ann-felise Walker, had worked for him as a prostitute. On May 8, 1999, J.S. had an argument with her mother. She left her mother’s apartment and spent the night with Starks. Starks invited J .S. to remain with him, telling her that he would provide her with food, clothing and shelter. Starks said that he wanted to go to Hollywood, and J.S. agreed to go with him.

Starks told J.S. that she could make a lot of money as a prostitute. He also instructed her on various prostitution techniques and said that he wished Walker were there to teach J.S. about prostitution. The following day, Starks took J.S. to a storage unit where Walker’s clothes…