United States v. Mills, No. 15-4325 (4th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pled guilty to manufacturing child pornography. The district court determined that defendant's previous convictions for taking indecent liberties with children, N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-202.1, constituted a state law "relating to the sexual exploitation of children" and sentenced defendant to 45 years in prison. The court concluded that the district court correctly concluded that defendant's conviction for taking indecent liberties with children under North Carolina law related to the "sexual exploitation of children" for the purposes of the 18 U.S.C. 2251(e) enhancement. The court also concluded that, even assuming the district court committed an error, the error did not affect defendant's substantial rights. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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