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141505P.pdf   10/21/2014  United States  v.  Benjaman Shelabarger
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-1505
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Loken and Murphy, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Evidence was sufficient to 
   support defendant's conviction for receiving child pornography; his 
   210-month sentence does not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition 
   against cruel and unusual punishment given the gravity of the crime, the 
   number of images he possessed and the nature of the images; defendant was 
   not entitled to a two-level offense reduction under Guidelines Sec. 
   2G2.2(b)(1) as he was involved in distribution of the images; no error in 
   imposing an enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 3C1.1 for obstruction of 
   justice where the court concluded defendant testified falsely and 
   willingly under oath.