United States v. Rodríguez-Rodríguez

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

After a four-day trial, a jury in the District of Puerto Rico convicted Jose Rodríguez-Rodríguez of using an interstate commerce facility or means in attempting to persuade a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b).1 He presses two arguments in support of his appellate claims that the district court erroneously denied his post-trial motion for judgment of acquittal or for a new trial. First, he asserts that the indictment actually charged him with attempting to persuade a minor to engage in sexual activity not with him, but ■with…