Oyler v. State

Appellant, John Houston Oyler, was convicted of use of a computer to lure a minor to commit unlawful sexual conduct, traveling to meet the minor for the same illicit purpose and use of a two-way communication device to commit a felony. Determining that it was error to deny Appellant an entrapment instruction, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

The police conducted a “sting” operation, during which a police officer posed as a young female on an internet dating site, to ferret out would-be offenders who *201prey on children. Because the dating site, “Plenty of Fish,” prohibited minors from…