United States v. Anthony F. Murrell

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• holding that the evidence was sufficient where the defendant traveled two hours to meet a minor for sex in exchange for money, carrying a teddy bear, cash, and condoms
• concluding that defendant took a “substantial step” where he “made several explicit incriminating statements” to an officer (posing as a minor’s father
• holding that the evidence was sufficient where the defendant traveled two hours to meet a minor for sex in exchange for money, carrying a teddy bear, cash, and condoms
• stating that the underlying conduct that § 2422(b) criminalizes is the persuasion of the minor, rather than the sexual act itself
• stating that the underlying conduct that § 2422(b) criminalizes is the persuasion of the minor, rather than the sexual act itself
• holding that a similar age-based enhancement was “directed at the defend- ant’s intent, rather than any actual harm caused to a genuine vic- tim,” so “there is no difference between an undercover officer vic- tim and a fictitious victim”

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