United States Ninth Circuit

A conviction on five counts relating to child pornography is affirmed, where: 1) the district court did not err in not holding a hearing on whether the defendant made a knowing, voluntary and intelligent request for self-representation, as the defendant's request was both untimely and equivocal; and 2) the district court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to dismiss two counts as barred by the statute of limitations, as they fell under the extended statute of limitations for offenses involving the sexual abuse of a child found in 18 USC section 3283, which takes its definition of "sexual abuse" from 18 USC section 3509.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/22/2012
• Published 05/22/2012

Judges

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael R. Levine, S. Amanda Marshall