U.S. v. RANEY

No. 02-2086.

342 F.3d 551 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth J. RANEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrie E. Hamilton (argued), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joshua G. Vincent, Heather R. Wlodek (argued), Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before BAUER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

On the spring afternoon of June 13, 2001, thirty-eight-year-old Kenneth J. Raney pulled his gray station wagon into the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant in Forest Park, Illinois. He parked the car, walked inside the restaurant to a pay phone, and called a fourteen-year-old girl named "Dena" to tell her that he was there, waiting for her. He and Dena had been exchanging e-mails for the past three months at an Internet chatroom entitled,...

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