United States v. Fletcher, No. 18-3342 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for receiving and distributing child pornography. The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support the convictions; the district court did not err by giving a willful blindness jury instruction; and defendant's sentence was not substantively unreasonable and the district court did not abuse its discretion by declining to vary further downward to the extent advocated by defendant.
Court Description: Loken, Author, with Colloton and Kobes, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for receiving and distributing child pornography; the district court did not err in giving a willful blindness instruction; district court's refusal to vary even further below the guidelines sentence than it did was not an abuse of its substantial sentencing discretion.
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