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· 7/31/2008

United States v. Gladish

Citations

  • 536 F.3d 646
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 16228
  • 2008 WL 2927127

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the court would not “try to give an exhaustive list of the possibilities”
  • noting that ‘‘[t]reating speech (even obscene speech) as the ‘substantial step’ would abolish any requirement of a substantial step’’
  • noting that the court would not “try to give an exhaustive list of the possibilities”
  • noting that ‘‘[t]reating speech (even obscene speech) as the ‘substantial step’ would abolish any requirement of a substantial step’’
  • noting that attempt requires only intent to complete the crime and a substantial step toward completion
  • recognizing “purchasing a gift” as a “preparatory step[ ]” in a § 2422(b)-enticement case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Posner, Kanne, Rovner

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