Legal Opinion
United States v. John Farrar
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 29, 2017No. 16-11161PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
John Farrar pleaded nolo contendere to one count of possessing, while in federal prison for a child-pornography offense, obscene depictions of a minor engaged in sexually-explicit conduct (images), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1466A(b)(1). Although he was sentenced to the ten-year statutory minimum for repeat offenders, under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(b)(2), the court ordered the sentence to run concurrently with Far-rar’s prior sentence, with the new sentence to run from the date of his offense. Farrar challenges his conviction and sentence, asserting: the…
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