UNITED STATES v. LEAL

No. 20-3102.

1 F.4th 545 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jorge L. LEAL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Leggans , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Benton, IL, Peter Reed , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Criminal Division, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Justin A. Kuehn , Stephen C. Williams , Attorneys, KUEHN, BEASLEY & YOUNG P.C., Belleville, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Easterbrook, Brennan, and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


Jorge Leal used an online dating application to solicit sex acts from a user he believed was an underage boy. That user turned out to be a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent conducting a sting operation. In an interview with law enforcement, Leal confessed. He was then arrested and charged with knowingly attempting to...

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