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161669P.pdf 08/25/2017 Rodney Goodwin v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-1669
U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Bismarck
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Shepherd, Circuit Judge, and Strand,
District Judge]
Prisoner case - Habeas. For the court's opinion in Goodwin's direct
appeal, see United States v. Goodwin, 719 F.3d 857 (8th Cir. 2013).
Goodwin's attempted inducement of the minor victim is not First Amendment
protected speech because it was used as an integral part of conduct in
violation of a valid criminal statute.