United States Sixth Circuit

Defendant's solicitation of illegal sexual conduct sentence is affirmed, where the District Court properly applied a sentencing enhancement based on one victim being under 12, because the enhancement applies even if the victim is a fiction created by an undercover officer.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/25/2009
• Published 03/25/2009

Judges

• Before:  MERRITT, ROGERS, and WHITE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Thomas P. Kurt, Law Office, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant.   Michael A. Sullivan, Assistant United States Attorney, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Thomas P. Kurt, LAW OFFICE, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant.  Michael A. Sullivan, Assistant United States Attorney, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.