Legal Opinion
United States v. Cates
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 25, 2018No. 17-1423PPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
A district court's factual findings at sentencing-as elsewhere-are typically reviewed for clear error. Those heights are difficult to scale. See United States v. Matthews , 749 F.3d 99 , 105 (1st Cir. 2014). This case aptly illustrates the point.
Defendant-appellant Darrin Cates pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, some of which depicted minors under twelve years of age. He now challenges his 120-month prison sentence. Concluding, as we do, that the defendant's assignments of error are impuissant, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
We rehearse the relevant facts and…
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