United States v. Clark

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

James Clark appeals his conviction, asserting a novel due process challenge to a federal statute. We affirm.

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Clark, a minister of a church in Lubbock, Texas, met Carolyne Njau in August 2005 while on a trip to Kenya. Clark approached Njau, a prostitute at the time, in a hotel coffee shop. He falsely claimed to be a Texas Tech University professor and a minister and, after chatting with Njau, invited her to his room to talk further. Njau and Clark discussed her education, 1 and Clark volunteered that his church might be able to provide her a scholarship for study…