081335P.pdf   10/20/2008  United States  v.  Graeme Pierson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-1335
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Arnold and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal Case - conviction and sentence. Evidence was sufficient to
   support conviction for attempted production of child pornography and
   conviction for attempting to induce a child to engage in criminal sexual
   activities. District court did not abuse its discretion in permitting Rule
   404(b) evidence of prior conviction during cross-examination after
   defendant testified, as district court performed appropriate Rule 403
   balancing. Based on a review of the trial information, district court did
   not err in concluding defendant's prior conviction for indecent contact
   with a child satisfied the generic offense of abusive sexual contact and
   thus qualified as a predicate offense for application of the Guidelines
   section 4B1.5 enhancement and the mandatory minimum sentence under
   18 U.S.C. sec. 2251(e)