DISCLAIMER: Any unofficial case summaries below are prepared by the clerk's office
as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
051705P.pdf 12/21/2005 United States v. Michael David Blazek
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 05-1705
Southern District of Iowa
[PUBLISHED] [Chief Judge Loken, Author, with Wollman and Bye, Circuit Judges]
Criminal Case - criminal law. Sufficient evidence was presented to
convict on charge of attempted enticement of a minor for sex and
interstate travel to engage in prohibited sex acts with a minor. Error was
not plain that evidence is insufficient of attempting to entice a minor
when the internet minor was undercover police officer. Evidence was not
insufficient for travel violation as defendant believed minor was under
sixteen. District court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence
of prior conviction for abusive sexual contact with a minor. Jury
instruction, as a whole, was not inherently confusing relating to the
defendant's knowledge of specific age of minor. District court properly
applied Guidelines section 4B1.5(a).