Legal Opinion
State v. Robins
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 21, 2002No. 00-2841-CRPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶ 1. DIANE S. SYKES, J.
This is a prosecution for attempted child enticement arising out of an internet "sting" operation by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The primary issue is whether the child enticement statute is violated when there is no actual child victim, but, rather, an adult government agent posing online as a child. The defendant also challenges the sufficiency of the allegations in the complaint and the evidence at the preliminary hearing. Finally, the defendant raises a First Amendment challenge to the statute as applied to child enticements initiated over the internet.
¶ 2. The…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Wisconsin v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Fox v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by17 opinions
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