State v. Odom

Anthony Clark Odom (Appellant) appeals his conviction for criminal solicitation of a minor. We affirm.

I

Appellant’s conviction for criminal solicitation of a minor1 followed a series of internet chat sessions with an undercover Westminster, South Carolina, city police officer2 posing as a fourteen-year-old girl. The internet exchanges occurred from May 4-6, 2006, in Oconee County, South Carolina. A jury found Appellant guilty of one count of criminal solicitation of a minor, based on the internet chats that occurred from May 4-5, 2006. Appellant was acquitted of the count involving a chat room…