Legal Opinion
United States v. Bennett
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 26, 2016No. 14-1384 and 14-1402PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge.
Clifton Bennett pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges and the district court sentenced him to fifty-seven months of imprisonment to be followed by several conditions of supervised release. Bennett and the United States each contend the district court erred at sentencing.
The government argues the court should have found Bennett had a prior Colorado conviction relating to child pornography, which would trigger a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(b)(2). We agree that Bennett’s prior Colorado misdemeanor conviction for sexual…
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