6 results for 'cat:"Sentencing" AND cat:"Sex Offender" AND cat:"Child Pornography"'.
J. Elrod finds the district court improperly granted defendant’s request to terminate his obligation to register as a sex offender as to his convictions for the distribution and possession of child pornography. After his release from prison, defendant has completed treatment and maintained a clean record, also complying with registration for the last 13 years. The district court gave no explanation for its order, and because defendant was convicted for distribution, he is statutorily required to maintain registration for 25 years. Reversed.
Court: 5th Circuit, Judge: Elrod, Filed On: July 11, 2023, Case #: 22-20238, Categories: sentencing, sex Offender, child Pornography
J. Wells agrees with the lower court's ruling that evidence was adequate to convict a former daycare worker with eight counts of sexual abuse of a minor, regardless of the specific definition of the phrase "lascivious exhibition of the genitals" that the state employs. Also, the prosecution's questioning of the female worker's sexual orientation was used to establish possible motive for taking pictures of only girls' genitals at the daycare center, not to bias the jury against her. The worker, who is 18 years old and tried as an adult, received a sentence of 280 years of incarceration with all but 126 years suspended. Affirmed.
Court: The Appellate Court of Maryland, Judge: Wells, Filed On: June 28, 2023, Case #: C-22-CR-21-000263, Categories: sentencing, sex Offender, child Pornography
J. Niemeyer finds the lower court properly applied a sentence enhancement to defendant's sentence for possession of child pornography due to his prior qualifying sex offense. The defendant signed a plea agreement that waived his right to appeal any issue relating to his conviction, as well as any issue relating to his sentence. Affirmed.
Court: 4th Circuit, Judge: Niemeyer , Filed On: June 14, 2023, Case #: 21-4322, Categories: sentencing, sex Offender, child Pornography
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