United States v. Castaneda, No. 19-12623 (11th Cir. 2021)
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The Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for attempted enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity and traveling across a state line with the intent to engage in sexual activity with a person under the age of 12 years.
The court concluded that there was no error in denying defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment on outrageous conduct grounds; the district court did not err by denying defendant's motion to suppress the child pornography on his computers; the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the evidence that defendant possessed child pornography, in overruling his objection on Fifth Amendment grounds, or in instructing the jury that it could consider his refusal to answer questions about his possession of child pornography in assessing his credibility; the district court did not abuse its discretion by not permitting one of defendant's expert witnesses to testify before the jury as irrelevant; and defendant's 35 year term of imprisonment was substantively reasonable.
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