Legal Opinion

United States v. Christopher Waguespack

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 15, 2019No. 18-30813PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JAMES E. GRAVES, Circuit Judge:

A jury convicted Christopher G. Waguespack of knowingly distributing and possessing child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(2) and 2252A(a)(5)(B). The district court sentenced Waguespack to 180 months' imprisonment on each count to run concurrently, followed by 10 years of supervised release. He now challenges his conviction and sentence on six grounds. We AFFIRM.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Investigation

In March 2015, Investigator Louis Ratcliff from the Louisiana Attorney General's Office conducted an undercover investigation of peer-to-peer networks 1 for…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Puckett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  4. Bullcoming v. New MexicoSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  5. United States v. Joshua Mazique Burton Quinton B. CarrCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997

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