United States Ninth Circuit

Sentence for distribution of child pornography is affirmed in part but certain elements are limited to interpretations that do not indicate a substantial liberty interest of the defendant's since the district court did not make the required findings for a more expansive interpretation, but vacated and remanded where the court impermissibly delegated judicial authority to a probation officer to determine the conditions under which defendant should enter inpatient psychiatric treatment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/20/2008
• Decided 01/20/2009
• Published 01/20/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  SUSAN P. GRABER and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges, and DAVID G. TRAGER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• James H. Locklin, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Robert Charles Stacy, II, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Riverside, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.