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142824P.pdf 07/28/2015 United States v. James Eugene Larive, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-2824
U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Rapid City
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Wollman, Circuit Judge, and White,
District Judge]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant took a substantial step towards
completion of the offense of attempted sex trafficking of a minor, and the
evidence was sufficient to support his conviction; once the attempt was
completed by finishing negotiations for the girl's service and traveling
to a meeting place, defendant was not entitled to an abandonment defense
based on his act of leaving the meeting place.