United States Fourth Circuit

Conviction of defendant for transporting and possessing child pornography and a 192-month sentence are affirmed where: 1) the FBI's administrative subpoenas did not invade any legitimate privacy interest possessed by defendant; 2) defendant's challenge to the sufficiency of the affidavit supporting the search warrant is rejected; 3) defendant's evidentiary challenges are rejected; 4) district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting an analyst's testimony to determine the authenticity of child pornography; and 5) the within-Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/25/2010
• Decided 05/05/2010
• Published 05/05/2010

Judges

• Before WILKINSON and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and JOSEPH R. GOODWIN, ChiefUnited States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Aaron Edmund Michel, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Adam Christopher Morris, Office of the United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:Gretchen C.F. Shappert, United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.