Follow up: Supremecourt in unpublished opinion rejects internet sting appeal Omaha.Com The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from an Omaha man who said he was set up by police when arrested for trying to set up a sexual rendezvous with a 14-year-old girl on the Internet. The court dismissed an appeal by Ronald Cody, who was convicted after chatting online in 2003 with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl. The "girl" turned out to be a State Patrol officer posing as a teen in an Internet chat room.After more than an hour of conversation laced with sexually explicit language, they agreed to meet at a library, where Cody was arrested. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit first-degree sexual assault on a child.Douglas County District Judge Gregory Schatz sentenced Cody to 30 days in jail and three years of probation, including 120 days on electronic monitoring. He also was required to register with the State Patrol as a sex offender. One of Cody's lawyers, Hunter Sadle, argued that his client was entrapped - meaning he was enticed into committing a crime that he otherwise would not have. Sadle cited a 2001 ruling by the high court that said Omaha police broke the law by placing false magazine ads and exchanging letters with a man who was arrested in a pedophile sting. Assistant Attorney General Kevin Slimp said the judge was correct to rule that while Cody was induced to set up the meeting, he was already predisposed to commit the crime.