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041257P.pdf   02/15/2005  United States  v.  Casey Scott Patten
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-1257
   District of North Dakota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Magill and Benton, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Criminal case - criminal law. Evidence was sufficient to support 
   conviction for using the Internet to lure a minor to engage in sexual 
   activity; judge clearly corrected prosecutor's misstatement of Minnesota's 
   age-of-consent law, and the court's response to defendant's objection was 
   not an abuse of its broad discretion to control closing arguments; 
   instruction on attempt to commit an offense was supported by clear 
   authority; district court did not err in denying acceptance-of-responsibility 
   reduction to defendant who put government to its proof and vigorously 
   challenged sufficiency of the evidence; discretionary refusal to grant an 
   aberrant behavior downward departure is unreviewable.