U.S. v. MANTANES

No. 10-1590.

632 F.3d 372 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John MANTANES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Grimes (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Andrew J. McGowan (argued), Richard H. Parsons , Attorneys, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EVANS, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

During 2008, federal agents got wind of the fact that someone using a certain Yahoo! account was trading in child pornography and bragging, online, about molesting children. That someone turned out to be John Mantanes, a dentist in his late 40s who ran his own dental clinic in Mt. Prospect, Illinois.

In January of 2009, agents executed a search warrant at Mantanes' home. The search uncovered some 1,380 images and 141 videos of children...

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