U.S. v. McMillan

Dist. Ct. erred in sentencing defendant to 30-year term of incarceration on four charges of knowingly recruiting girls under age 18 to go across state lines and engage in commercial sex act, where Dist. Ct. was under belief that applicable sentencing range was life imprisonment, which was sentencing range in effect at time of sentencing. Former sentencing guideline calling for range of 30 years to life should have been applied to two out of four victims, since defendant’s conduct as to them was completed prior to effective date of current guideline range. Ct. also rejected govt. argument that “one book” rule applied as to all four victims, so as to require sentencing under current sentencing guideline.