U.S. v. CANIFF

No. 17-12410.

916 F.3d 929 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Matthew Brian CANIFF, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Charles Waterman , U.S. Attorney Service — Middle District of Florida, U.S. Attorney's Office, TAMPA, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Conrad Benjamin Kahn , Rosemary Cakmis , Donna Lee Elm , Federal Public Defender's Office, ORLANDO, FL, Susan Good Yazgi , Federal Public Defender's Office, JACKSONVILLE, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before, MARCUS, NEWSOM, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.


In this direct criminal appeal, Defendant Matthew Caniff challenges his convictions for three federal child sex offenses. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we AFFIRM each conviction. In doing so, we hold, among other things, that Caniff's text messages asking a person he thought was a minor to send him sexually...

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