Tennyson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2422 (White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (Mann Act))
Relies on Castillo v. United States · United States v. Resnick · 602 So. 2d 344 - IMED Corp. v. Systems Engineering Assoc. · United States v. Meek · United States v. Tykarsky
Most-quoted passages
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““[A] person is guilty of solicitation of a child by a computer .if the person is 19 years of age or older and the person knowingly, with the intent to commit an unlawful sex act, entices, induces, persuades, seduces, prevails, advises, coerces, or orders, by means of a computer, a child who is less than 16 years of age and at least three years younger than the defendant, to meet with the defendant or any other person for the purpose of engaging in sexual intercourse, sodomy, or to engage in a sexual performance, obscene sexual performance, or sexual conduct for his or her benefit.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“‘‘Tennyson admitted that he communicated with the online profile of ‘Amie Baxter,’ whom he believed to be a 15-year-old female living in Demopolis. However, Tennyson .was actually communicating with, Sgt. Tim Soronen, a detective with the Demopolis Police Department, who was posing as 15-year-old ‘Amie Baxter.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.