United States v. Lawrence Ward

OPINION

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

Lawrence Scott Ward appeals the District Court’s judgment of sentence. Ward alleges several sources of error in the proceedings below, including a violation of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32 on the theory that the District Court improperly required that he deliver his allocution under oath. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the District Court’s judgment of sentence.

I. Background

On August 27, 2006, Ward arrived at Dulles International Airport after a trip to Brazil. A search of Ward’s possessions revealed that he was in possession of child…