United States v. Michael Baird

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 22-1877 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL J. BAIRD, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. No. 20-cr-40043 — J. Phil Gilbert, Judge. ____________________ ARGUED OCTOBER 28, 2022 — DECIDED JUNE 7, 2023 ____________________ Before SCUDDER, KIRSCH, and JACKSON-AKIWUMI, Circuit Judges. SCUDDER, Circuit Judge. Michael Baird responded to an online FBI sting operation advertising the opportunity to have…