United States Second Circuit

Conviction for attempt to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity under 18 U.S.C. section 2422(b) is affirmed where: 1) section 2422(b) does not require the involvement of an actual minor; and 2) the statute is neither vague nor overbroad.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/22/2007
• Published 10/22/2007

Judges

• JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:, Before:  WALKER, CALABRESI, and SACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael S. Pollok, New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Appellant., Margaret Garnett, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel, (Benjamin Gruenstein, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel, on the brief), for Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, N.Y., for Appellee.