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092951P.pdf 08/26/2010 United States v. Michael Durham
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 09-2951
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville
[PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Beam and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Sentencing. The court erred in applying a two-level
enhancement for distribution of child pornography under Guidelines Sec.
2G2.2(b)(3)(F) as the court erred in finding defendant was knowledgeable
about the Limewire file-sharing software and that he knowingly used the
program to distribute child pornography; on remand, the court should
consider whether the record supports imposition of an enhancement under
Guidelines Sec. 2G2.2(b)(1); no error in imposing special conditions of
supervised release which allow the probation office to track defendant's
whereabouts, prevent his access to child pornography and limit his other
access to the Internet; Judge Beam, concurring in part and dissenting in
part. Judge Gruender, concurring in part and dissenting in part. (Judge
Gruender's opinion announces the judgment of the court with respect to
imposition of the condition limiting Internet access.)