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141337P.pdf 12/10/2014 United States v. Benton Stong
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-1337
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Waterloo
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Murphy and Smith, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. No error in admitting videos
found on defendant's computers and the district court did not err in
rejecting defendant's request for a limiting instruction concerning the
videos; the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's convictions for
sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography; any
error in imposing enhancements under Guidelines Sec. 2G2.1(b)(2)(A) or
2G2.1(b)(4)would be harmless since defendant's offense level exceeded the
offense level cap with or without the enhancements; no error in denying
defendant's request for a downward departure under 5K2.0(b) and (c);
110-year sentence was not substantively unreasonable; no error in denying
defendant's request for a downward variance based on his age and health.