US v. Nestor, No. 08-2535

Conviction for attempting to persuade, induce, entice, or coerce a child to engage in illegal sexual activity is affirmed where defendant violated 18 U.S.C. sec. 2422(b) despite not communicating directly with a child or with someone whom he believed was a child by using an adult intermediary.    

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Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Submitted July 9, 2009
Filed July 23, 2009

Judges
Before: SLOVITER, AMBRO and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by JORDAN, Circuit Judge.

Counsel
For Appellant: Karen S. Gerlach, Office of Federal Public Defender.
For Appellee: Robert L. Eberhardt, Office of the United States Attorney.