U.S. v. ZAWADA

No. 08-1012.

552 F.3d 531 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald ZAWADA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lesley J. Miller Lowery, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Fort Wayne, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David P. Jones, Attorney, Michelle L. Shirk (argued), Attorney, Newby, Lewis, Kaminski & Jones, LLP, Laporte, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

In this case, as in United States v. Davey, 550 F.3d 653 (issued today), we must decide what it takes to commit the offense of attempting to violate the statute that prohibits knowingly persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, see 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). A jury found Donald Zawada guilty of attempting to violate both § 2422(b) and 18 U.S.C. §...

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