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003157P.pdf 08/01/2001 USA v. Williams D. Hampton
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 00-3157
Eastern District of Missouri
Criminal case - criminal law. Sections criminalizing the production
of child pornography using materials transported in interstate
commerce is a constitutional exercise of Congress's Commerce
Clause power; defendant voluntarily admitted police to his home,
and his warrantless arrest and the subsequent issuance of a search
warrant were valid; upward departure based on nature of conduct
and psychological injury to victim was not an abuse of
discretion; enhancement for restraint of victim was supported
by the evidence.