A man who enticed a 15-year-old girl online, lied to her about his age, went to Connecticut for a sexual rendezvous and then brought her to New York for more sex was appropriately assessed three, two-level sentencing enhancements, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has held.
At issue in United States v. Watkins, 10-2971-cr, was whether the district court had performed sufficient inquiry to justify the enhanced sentence or relied too heavily on a presentence report.
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