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United States v. Powers

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 21, 2016No. 15-3867-crPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judge POOLER concurs in the judgment and opinion of the Court and files a concurring opinion,

2Per curiam

Defendant-Appellant Heath Powers pleaded guilty to thirteen counts of child-pornography-related offenses and now appeals his judgment of conviction, challenging (1) the factual basis supporting his plea as to one of the thirteen counts and (2) the reasonableness of his 480-month (forty-year) sentence of imprisonment. The Government concedes that the District Court (Mae A. D’Agostino, Judge) committed “plain error” by accepting Powers’s plea to the count challenged on appeal and that Powers’s…

3Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. Ernesto Quintieri, Carlo DonatoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
  2. United States v. RigasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009
  3. United States v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
  4. Burrell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
  5. United States v. Jack BarresiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004

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4Cited by16 opinions

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  3. United States v. BordenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2021
  4. United States v. KhalilCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2017
  5. People v. KavalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021

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