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U.S. v. MITCHELL

No. 02-3562.

353 F.3d 552 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John MITCHELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 23, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tu Pham (Argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Terence F. MacCarthy, Angela F. Milella (argued), Office of the Federal Defender Program, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

The Internet has opened the doors for many to transact business and personal affairs with almost complete anonymity. For fifty-year-old John Mitchell, it allowed him to initiate a relationship with fourteen-year-old Dena Hugh. After two weeks of communicating with Dena about a variety of topics, but mostly about sex, he arranged to drive from Indiana to Illinois to meet her at a hotel near her home for the purpose of engaging in...

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