Legal Opinion
United States v. Casey Scott Patten
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 15, 2005No. 04-1257PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
It is a federal crime to use an instrumentality of interstate commerce to knowingly persuade or attempt to persuade a person under the age of eighteen to engage in “any sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense.” 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). It is a crime in North Dakota, but not in Minnesota, for an adult to knowingly have sexual contact with a sixteen-year-old minor. In this case, a police officer in West Fargo, North Dakota, posing as a sixteen-year-old girl, engaged in explicit sexual conversations in an Internet chat-room with…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States v. John Allen RootCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
- United States v. Richard William Field, Also Known as Mike FieldCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- United States of America v. Varle Caprice Wright, Also Known as "Petey,"Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Scott Phillip FlynnCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
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3Cited by45 opinions
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- United States v. Michael David BlazekCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
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