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112460P.pdf 07/31/2012 United States v. Leland Beasley
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 11-2460
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Smith and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Defendant's mother could
consent to seizure of items defendant had left at her home; alternatively,
the computers and related items could be seized under the plain view
exception; defendant's own consent to a search was voluntary; Miranda
challenge rejected as statements were voluntarily given; motion for bill of
particulars was properly denied; lay opinion testimony was properly
admitted; no error in giving 8th Cir. Model Criminal Jury Instruction 3.11
(2011); no error in imposing an enhancement under Guidelines Sec.
2G2.1(b)(1)(A) based on age of victim; no error in imposing an
enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 2G2.1(b)(5) as the victims were
under the care, custody or supervision of defendant; sentence was
substantively reasonable.