Legal Opinion

United States v. Edward Sullivan

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 29, 2015No. 12-10196, 12-10217PublishedCited by 67 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

The opinion filed on May 28, 2014, and appearing at 753 F.3d 845, is withdrawn. The superseding opinion will be filed concurrently with this order. The parties may file additional petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc.

OPINION

IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

Edward Sullivan was convicted of violations under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a) and 2252(a)(4)(B) for producing and possessing a sexually explicit video depicting a 14-year-old girl. He raises multiple challenges to these convictions, as well as to the mandatory minimum sentences imposed under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(e) and 2252(b)(2). The government…

2Cases cited58 opinions

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3Cited by67 opinions

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