The California Third District Court of Appeal ruled constitutional a state law making it a felony to contact a minor intending to commit a lewd act. The court found the law punished only those with criminal intent so it did not infringe upon anyone’s free speech rights.
Judge Ronald Robie wrote for the court, “Before the statute is violated, the defendant must know or reasonably should have known the other person was a minor, have the specific intent to commit an enumerated sex offense, and then contact or communicate with that minor or attempt to do so.” -db
From the Metropolitan News-Enterprise, August 16, 2011, by Kenneth Ofgang.