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United States v. Jimmy Dwayne Morell

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 1, 2005No. 05-1586PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Jimmy D. Morell pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(5)(B), (b)(2) and 2256(2), (8)(A). The district court 1 sentenced Morell to 92 months’ imprisonment. Morell appeals the sentence. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

I. Background

Morell pleaded guilty after United States Customs agents searched his residence and seized computer equipment on which child pornography was stored. At sentencing, Morell objected generally to any increase in his sentence that was based on judicial fact-findings, arguing…

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