United States Eighth Circuit

A conviction and life sentence for production of child pornography is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court erred in denying a motion to suppress images of child pornography seized from his home during the execution of a search warrant; and 2) the sentence violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/28/2008
• Published 07/28/2008

Judges

• MELLOY, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, JOHN R. GIBSON and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jennifer Marie Macaulay, argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nathan Paul Petterson, AUSA, argued (Lisa D. Kirkpatrick, AUSA, on the brief), for appellee.