United States v. Donnie Sumner

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Donnie Sumner , pleaded guilty to receipt and distribution of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2). The district court 1 concluded that" Sumner’s 1989 Missouri conviction for deviate sexual assault in the first degree triggered a sentencing enhancement under § 2252(b)(1) and sentenced Sumner to the mandatory minimum of 180 months’ imprisonment. Sumner challenges his sentence, arguing that the district court erred by determining that the previous Missouri offense subjected him to the enhancement. We affirm,

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In 1989, Sumner entered an Alford plea to…