State v. Heitman

The appellant, Gary E. Heitman, after a bench trial, was convicted of criminal conspiracy to commit first degree sexual assault on a child. In this case, Heitman initiated the events by giving a 14-year-old girl an envelope containing a sexually suggestive letter, money, condoms, and his e-mail address. After exchanging numerous e-mail messages with a police officer who was posing as the girl, and after eventually agreeing to meet the girl for a sexual encounter, Heitman was charged with the crime of which he was convicted. Heitman contends that the evidence was insufficient to convict and…