United States of America v. David A. Girard

Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement of a minor, travel in interstate commerce for illicit sexual conduct and failure to register as a sex offender.

David A. Girard, age 20, of Robertsdale, Alabama, is a registered sexual offender based upon prior sex offense convictions in 2009.

He is accused for attempting to entice a minor for sex in Pensacola.

The case is being jointly investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, US Customs and Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, Florida Highway Patrol, and the United States Marshals Service. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys David L. Goldberg and Christopher C. Patterson.

If convicted, Girard faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years’, and up to life, imprisonment.

An indictment is merely an allegation by a grand jury that a defendant has committed a violation of federal criminal law and is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial, during which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.