U.S. v. SCHOPP

No. 16-30185.

938 F.3d 1053 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas SCHOPP, aka Thomas Hiser, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 16, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myra Sun (argued), Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellant.

Allison Meredith O'Leary (argued) and Kyle Reardon , Assistant United States Attorneys; Bryan Schroder , United States Attorney; Office of the United States Attorney, Anchorage, Alaska; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, William A. Fletcher, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Thomas Schopp pleaded guilty to producing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a). Section 2251 is headed "[s]exual exploitation of children" and describes several substantive offenses. The statute's penalty provision provides, among other things, that a defendant with "2 or more prior...

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