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United States v. William Elmore

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 28, 2014No. 12-6418PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant .William Dallas Elmore pleaded'guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography and received a below-guidelines sentence .of 51 months in prison, followed by ten years- of supervised release. On appeal, Elmore claims that this sentence is substantively unreasonable because the district judge (1) unfairly, treated Elmore’s abusive childhood as- an aggravating, rather than mitigating, factor in sentencing; (2) placed unreasonable weight on the need to punish and deter Elmore; and (3) skewed the sentence upward by comparing Elmore’s…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. United States v. DorveeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
  4. United States v. ConatserCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
  5. United States v. SimmonsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. United States v. Rufus RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015
  2. United States v. Andrew DemmaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
  3. United States v. Clara Rodriguez-IznagaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
  4. United States v. MonroeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017
  5. United States v. Patrick ZiskaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015

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