U.S. v. PANIAGUA-GARCIA

No. 15-2540.

813 F.3d 1013 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gregorio PANIAGUA-GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 18, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doris L. Pryor, Attorney , Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Harold S. Ansell, III , Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


An Indiana statute forbids drivers to use a telecommunications device (normally a cellphone) to type, transmit, or read a text message or an electronic-mail message, Ind.Code § 9-21-8-59(a)—in short it prohibits "texting" (sending or receiving textual material on a cellphone or other handheld electronic device...

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