U.S. v. SULLIVAN

Nos. 12-10196, 12-10217.

753 F.3d 845 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Lee SULLIVAN, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward Lee Sullivan, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 28, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Jordan , San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Anne Voigts (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Melinda Haag , United States Attorney; Barbara J. Valliere , Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: RICHARD C. TALLMAN and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges, and BEVERLY REID O'CONNELL, District Judge.


OPINION

IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

Edward Sullivan was convicted of violations under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a) and 2252(a)(4)(B) for producing and possessing a sexually explicit video depicting a fourteen-year-old girl. He raises multiple challenges to these convictions, as well as to the mandatory minimum sentences imposed under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(e) and 2252(b)(2). The government cross appeals, arguing...

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