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Seventh Circuit· 6/16/2011

United States v. Chambers

Citations

  • 642 F.3d 588
  • 85 Fed. R. Serv. 767
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 12118
  • 2011 WL 2410445

How courts have described this case

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  • assuming that the instruction removed any prejudice because the defendant did not attempt “to show that the jury could not follow the court’s limiting instruction.”
  • defining “grooming behavior” as “deliberate actions taken by a defendant to expose a child to sexual material; the ultimate goal of grooming is the formation of an emotional connection with the child and a reduction of the child’s inhibitions in order to prepare the child for sexual activity”
  • defining “grooming behavior” as “deliberate actions taken by a defendant to expose a child to sexual material; the ultimate goal of grooming is the formation of an emotional connection with the child and a reduction of the child’s inhibitions in order to prepare the child for sexual activity”
  • “We recognize that child sexual abuse can be accomplished by several means and is often carried out through a period of grooming.”
  • detail- ing, at length, significant evidence that the defendant was grooming the intended victim for sexual activity, even though their plans never culminated in a meeting
  • in trial for attempted child enticement based on the defendant’s sexually explicit chat-room discussion with undercover officer and transfer of images of child pornography to the officer, proper other-acts evidence included (1

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Judges: Bauer, Wood, Hamilton

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