United States v. Harry McMillian

How courts have described this case

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• “One particularly effective way to persuade or entice a person to do something is to enlist the help of a trusted relative, friend, or associate.”
• “[T]he essence of [the act Section 2422(b) contemplates] is attempting to obtain the minor’s assent.”
• “One particularly effective way to persuade or entice a person to do something is to enlist the help of a trusted relative, friend, or associate.”
• “In the end, what is important under this statute is the defendant’s attempt (using the mails or other instrumentalities of commerce
• evidence sufficient to support conviction where the defendant asked, among other things, if he could communi- cate directly with the minor daughter and if the father had talked to the daughter about the proposed sexual activity
• evidence sufficient to support conviction where the defendant asked, among other things, if he could communi- cate directly with the minor daughter and if the father had talked to the daughter about the proposed sexual activity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).