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People v. Patterson

Citations

  • 734 N.E.2d 462
  • 314 Ill. App. 3d 962
  • 248 Ill. Dec. 534
  • 2000 Ill. App. LEXIS 611

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming the conviction of a defendant who attempted to induce a child into sexual acts using the internet when the child was an adult detective
  • using term “overt act” to determine whether a “substantial step” had been made for attempt
  • State proved defendant’s specific intent to commit aggravated criminal sexual abuse by his arrival at agreed place and time and his admission that he was waiting for minor boy with name that detective assumed on Internet

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Judges: Inglis

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