Legal Opinion
United States v. Clark
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 16, 2012No. 11-1479PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Matthew Clark was convicted on two counts of possessing child pornography. He now challenges the propriety of the search that uncovered his pornography collection and ultimately led to his conviction. He also challenges the 210-month sentence imposed by the court below. Concluding, as we do, that the defendant’s arguments are without merit, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The facts relevant to this appeal are essentially undisputed. On January 19, 2008, officers from Maine’s Animal Welfare Program (AWP) and the local sheriffs department executed a search of a…
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