Florida Judge Upholds Conviction By Defining "Email" To Include IMs 412
Bennett Haselton writes "The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the
conviction of Michael Simmons, who sexually a solicited a 13-year-old
girl (really a sheriff's deputy) via instant messages. What was unusual
about this case was that he was convicted under a Florida 'harmful to
minors' law that was specifically written to cover only e-mail."