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U.S. v. CLARK

Nos. 08-10461, 08-10467.

582 F.3d 607 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Cornell CLARK, Reverend; Mount Vernon Faith-In-Action Outreach Project; Mount Vernon United Methodist Community Development; Trinity Christian Outreach Ministries; Mount Vernon United Methodist Church Community Outreach Corporation; Clark Evangelistic Outreach Ministries, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reverend James Cornell Clark, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leigha Amy Simonton (argued), Dallas, TX, C. Richard Baker, Asst. U.S. Atty., Ann Cruce Roberts, Lubbock, TX, for U.S.

Jerry V. Beard, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def. (argued), Fort Worth, TX, William Reynolds Biggs, Dallas, TX, for Clark.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

James Clark appeals his conviction, asserting a novel due process challenge to a federal statute. We affirm.

I.

Clark, a minister of a church in Lubbock, Texas, met Carolyne Njau in August 2005 while on a trip to Kenya. Clark approached Njau, a prostitute at the time, in a hotel coffee shop. He falsely claimed to be a Texas Tech University professor and a minister and, after chatting with Njau, invited her to his room...

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