United States Second Circuit

US v. HAN, 99-1759

A defendant who knowingly crossed state lines with an expectation of having sex with a minor, after attempting to solicit a minor for sex, was properly convicted, under 18 USC 2423(b), and was not merely involved in a "thought crime".

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/31/2000
• Published 10/31/2000

Judges

• DORSEY, District Judge:, Before:  McLAUGHLIN, PARKER, Circuit Judges, and DORSEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• James A. Sacco,Durr & Sacco, Binghamton, NY, for Defendant-Appellant., Daniel J. French, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, and Kevin P. Dooley and Elizabeth S. Riker, Assistant United States Attorneys for the Northern District of New York, for Appellee.