United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction and 126-month sentence are affirmed for attempting to entice a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, under 18 U.S.C. section 2422(b), where: 1) Defendant's plea agreement was not invalidated by the alleged ineffective assistance of his counsel; 2) Defendant arranged a meeting time and drove to the rendezvous point; and 3) part of his defense was premised on the notion that he genuinely thought she was a child.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/15/2008
• Decided 12/18/2008
• Published 12/18/2008

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Lesley J. Miller Lowery, Office of the United States Attorney, Fort Wayne, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., John A. Kindley, South Bend, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.