Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shawn Dean CLAYTON, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1997No. 96-10127PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOLLOY, District Judge.
Defendant Shawn Dean Clayton (“Clayton”) cloned phones. He appeals from his conviction and from the sentence imposed by ■the district court for possession of “cloned” cellular phones, cloning equipment, and unauthorized cellular phone identification numbers, contrary to 18 U.S.C. § 1029(a). We affirm the district court in all respects.
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“Cloning” is the practice of stealing the identification numbers of legitimate cellular phones and programming them into other cellular phones. The “cloned phone” can then be used to make calls that will be charged to the owner of…
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