U.S. v. PENDLETON

No. 10-1818.

658 F.3d 299 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Thomas S. PENDLETON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

September 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

llana H. Eisenstein , [Argued], Office of United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE, Jennifer Leonardo , United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Public Integrity Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Eleni Kousoulis , Daniel I. Siegel , [Argued], Office of Federal Public Defender, Wilmington, DE, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: SLOVITER and HARDIMAN, Circuit Judges and JONES, II, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents two questions of first impression. First, we consider whether the general criminal venue provision, 18 U.S.C. § 3238, applies when a defendant commits part of his offense inside the United States. Second, we determine whether 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c) and (f)(1), which together criminalize noncommercial illicit sexual conduct outside the United States, is a valid exercise of Congress...

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