No. 23-2653 ___________________________

United States of America,

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee,

v.

James Dean Hanapel,

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant. ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the District of South Dakota - Western ____________

Submitted: March 15, 2024 Filed: August 12, 2024 ____________ Before COLLOTON, Chief Judge, ERICKSON and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________ COLLOTON, Chief Judge.

A jury found James Hanapel guilty of attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. See 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). The charge arose from Hanapel’s dialogue with an undercover officer who posed as a fourteen-year-old girl. At trial, Hanapel raised the affirmative defense of entrapment. At the close