United States v. Jon Fielding Yost

How courts have described this case

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• finding that a call placed to an undercover officer posing as a minor constituted a substantial step
• explaining that the crime of attempt consists of some overt act, e.g., a substantial step, done with the requisite specific intent
• holding there was sufficient evidence for jury to find that defendant had specific intent to persuade minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, despite his assertion that \he believed he was communicating with adult women role-playing as minors\
• holding there was sufficient evidence for jury to find that defendant had specific intent to persuade minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, despite his assertion that “he believed he was communicating with adult women role-playing as minors”
• holding there was sufficient evidence for jury to find that defendant had specific intent to persuade minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, despite his assertion that “he believed he was communicating with adult women role-playing as minors”
• holding there was sufficient evidence for jury to find that defendant had specific intent to persuade minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, despite his assertion that “he believed he was communicating with adult women role-playing as minors”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).