Where a defendant in a child-pornography case challenged the admission of the audio content of videos that he surreptitiously recorded of minors, including suggestive remarks that he made, the statements were probative as to his intent to produce lascivious footage ...

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Where a defendant in a child-pornography case challenged the denial of his motion to suppress evidence, the warrant was void but the good-faith exception applied to the agents’ use of the warrant. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. Johnson (MLW No. ...

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  Where a defendant in a child-pornography case argued that the district court failed to explain the basis for his life term of supervised release and that the court erred by imposing special conditions on the supervised release, the defendant ...

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  Defendant pleaded guilty to accessing or attempting to access child pornography. The district court applied a five-level enhancement for “engag[ing] in a pattern of activity involving the sexual abuse or exploitation of a minor.” On appeal, defendant challenged the ...

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Defendant pleaded guilty to producing and distributing child pornography and was sentenced to 240 months imprisonment. Defendant appealed her below-guidelines sentence, challenging it as substantively unreasonable. Where the district court addressed all statutory sentencing factors and related concerns and found ...

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R&B singer R. Kelly’s attorney entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client Monday as the singer faces multiple charges of sexual abuse in Chicago. Kelly, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, entered the courtroom ...

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R&B singer R. Kelly’s attorney entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client Monday as the singer faces multiple charges of sexual abuse in Chicago. Kelly, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, entered the courtroom ...

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Defendant was convicted for production of child pornography. At trial, defendant claimed he did not engage in sexual contact to produce child pornography and sought a lesser-Included offense instruction. Where a possession charge included elements not part of the production ...

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Where a defendant challenged his conviction for child-pornography offenses, evidence that the defendant made admissions to an agent, used passwords to protect his computer and that he was a sophisticated computer user was sufficient to find that he knowingly attempted ...

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Defendant pleaded guilty to various child-pornography offenses. Defendant appealed his sentence, arguing that it was substantively unreasonable. Where sentence was below advisory guideline range and district court reasonably considered all statutory sentencing factors, defendant had not received substantively unreasonable sentence. ...

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U.S. v. Bordman (MLW No. 71887/Case No. 17-2395 – 21 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

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