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U.S. v. LAY

No. 07-4062.

583 F.3d 436 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis LAY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 13, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Donna Maria Grill, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellant. Michael A. Sullivan, Assistant United States Attorney, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Donna Maria Grill, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Toledo, Ohio, Dennis G. Terez, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellant. Michael A. Sullivan, Assistant United States Attorney, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

ROGERS, J., delivered the opinion of the court. WHITE, J. (pp. 450-51), delivered a separate concurring opinion. MERRITT, J. (pp. 451-57), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Dennis Lay appeals the sentence he received following his guilty plea to one count of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Despite Lay's arguments to the contrary, the sentencing court properly applied an enhancement for unduly influencing a minor after finding that Lay failed to rebut the applicable presumption that he had unduly influenced the much younger victim. The district court also permissibly...

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