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163238P.pdf 08/14/2017 United States v. Rex Furman
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-3238
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Arnold and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. The evidence was sufficient
to show defendant produced the child pornography charged in the
indictment; defendant understood that he was placing the pornography in
folders shared over a peer-to-peer network and a reasonable jury could
find he knowingly distributed child pornography; no error in admitting
into evidence a 1999 conviction for first-degree sexual conduct as the
conduct was similar and was relevant to show intent and motive as well as
a propensity to sexually assault young female family members; mandatory
life sentence required by 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3559(e) for repeat child sex
offenders is not a violation of the Eighth Amendment.