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161753P.pdf 04/24/2017 United States v. Joel Mayokok
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-1753
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Benton, Circuit Judge, and Ebinger,
District Judge]
Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court erred in applying an
enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 2G2.2(b)(3)(B) as the sentencing record
does not support the conclusion that defendant actually engaged in file
sharing after he uploaded an image to Google Picasa; applying the
categorical approach, it is clear from looking at defendant's 2003
conviction for possession of a pornographic work involving minors in
violation of Minnesota Statute Section 617.247, subd. 4 that the
conviction necessarily relates to the possession of child pornography
under federal law, and the district court did not err in applying the
15-year mandatory minimum sentence under 18 U.S.C. Section 2252(b)(1);
remanded for resentencing without the Sec. 2G2.b(3)(B) enhancement.