Legal Opinion
United States v. Blodgett
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 27, 2017No. 17-1034PPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this sentencing appeal, we confront an issue of first impression in this circuit: defendant-appellant Douglas Blodgett asks us to declare unconstitutional, as violative of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, the mandatory minimum sentence for accessing child pornography applicable to any individual who has a prior state conviction for abusive sexual conduct involving a minor. See 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(b)(2). In the bargain, he also contends that this mandatory minimum constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. Concluding that the…
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