Legal Opinion

United States v. Brune

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided September 19, 2014No. 12-3322PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

Gustave Bruñe repeatedly failed to update his sex offender status as required by Kansas and federal law. When he was arrested for these oversights, things got worse because the arresting agents found images of child pornography on Brune’s computer. He was eventually indicted in federal court for failure to update the sex offender registry and possession of child pornography, and convicted on both charges.

Bruñe makes two separate constitutional challenges to his convictions. First, he asks us to find unconstitutional a subsection of the Sex Offender Registration and…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  5. New York v. FerberSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by35 opinions

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  4. United States v. Derek TaggCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
  5. Harmon v. City of Norman, OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2020

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