People v. Ruppenthal

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• rejecting First Amendment challenge because speech that is integral part of unlawful conduct has no constitutional protection
• rejecting First Amendment challenge because knowingly attempting to solicit a person believed to be a child has no constitutional protection
• the element of criminal intent transforms speech that may be protected by the first amendment into the offense of solicitation
• “The offense of solicitation is complete when the principal offense is commanded, encouraged or requested with the intent that it be committed.”
• the element of criminal intent transforms speech that may be protected by the first amendment into the offense of solicitation
• defendant’s trip to Illinois for the admitted purpose of meeting a girl he knew to be “about 15” exhibited his intent to engage in the sexual activity discussed on the Internet

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).