Legal Opinion

United States v. John Dean

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 31, 2013No. 12-1539PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Defendant John Dean transported thousands of files of child pornography across the U.S.-Canada border. He pled guilty to one count of transporting child pornography, see 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(l), and received an 87-month prison term and lifetime supervised release. After admitting to knowing possession and transport of the files during his guilty plea, Dean now challenges the district court’s interpretation of § 2252A(a)(l) and his sentence. We affirm.

I. Background

A. Factual Background

On August 20, 2009, Dean boarded an airplane in Chicago bound for Ottawa, Canada. With…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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3Cited by14 opinions

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