Legal Opinion
United States v. Black
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 12, 2012No. 11-1516PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Scott Kinsey Black pled guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B). The district court 1 sentenced him to sixty months’ imprisonment, an eighteen-month downward variance from the United States Sentencing Guidelines (Guidelines) range. Black appeals his sentence, arguing that the court erred in failing to consider or adequately respond to his argument that the child pornography sentencing guidelines are overinflated. Black further contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable because the district court…
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