United States v. Wesley George Thorn

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Wesley Thorn was charged with one count of possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) and (b)(2) (2000). The District Court 1 denied Thorn’s motion to suppress evidence obtained in a search of Thorn’s office at the Missouri Division of Child Support Enforcement, and Thorn entered a conditional plea of guilty to the charge. Applying the mandatory sentencing guidelines scheme that was in place prior to the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Booker, — U.S. —, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), the District Court sentenced Thorn…