United States Eighth Circuit

A conviction and sentence for various child pornography offenses is affirmed over claims that the district court: 1) erred in denying a motion to suppress; 2) abused its discretion in failing to recuse at sentencing; and 3) abused its discretion in imposing a procedurally flawed and substantively unreasonable sentence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/22/2008
• Published 12/22/2008

Judges

• GRUENDER, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, BEAM and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen C. Moss, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO, argued (Raymond C. Conrad, Jr., Fed. Public Defender, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Katharine Fincham, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, argued (John F. Wood, U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.