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United States v. Sweeney

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided June 3, 2010No. 08 Cr. 212(RJH)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RICHARD J. HOLWELL, District Judge.

The ex post facto clause of the United States Constitution prohibits laws that “increase the punishment for a crime after its commission.” Garner v. Jones, 529 U.S. 244, 249, 120 S.Ct. 1362, 146 L.Ed.2d 236 (2000). 1 Brennan Sweeney pleaded guilty in May 2009 to possessing and distributing child pornography. The FBI raided his apartment in October 2003, found child pornography on his computers, interviewed him, obtained a confession (Sweeney admitted to possessing over one thousand images of children), seized the computers, and left him in…

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