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152660P.pdf   08/23/2016  United States  v.  Frank Burns
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-2660
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Beam and Smith, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not err in imposing enhancements under Guidelines Sec. 2G2.2(b)(4) for possession of sadistic materials or Sec. 2G2.2(b)(6) for use of a computer in this child pornography prosecution; no error in imposing an enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 2G2.2(b)(5) for engaging in a pattern of activity involving the sexual abuse or exploitation of a minor as defendant admitted engaging in illegal sexual contact with a minor on several occasions over a period of at least four years; within-range sentence of 97 months was not substantively unreasonable as the court considered the 3553(a) factors, explained at length the serious impact of defendant's offense and determined that defendant's mitigating evidence did not outdo the harm done and the unique nature of the conduct involved in the case.