United States v. Lindell Luck

OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, defendant Lin-dell Luck sought, unsuccessfully, to force the government to stipulate to the child-pornographic nature of the material recovered from his laptops. On appeal, he contends that the district court’s refusal to force the stipulation violated the Supreme Court’s decision in Old Chief v. United States, 519 U.S. 172, 117 S.Ct. 644, 136 L.Ed.2d 574 (1997), which enforced a similar stipulation for felon status in felon-in-possession cases. We disagree. Overlooked in defendant’s presentation is…