UNITED STATES v. LESTER

No. 19-4310.

985 F.3d 377 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Wayne LESTER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jill Eskin Major HaLevi , MEDIATION & LEGAL SERVICES, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellant. William Jacob Watkins, Jr. , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Sherri A. Lydon , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge Myers wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Keenan joined.


In December 2017, appellant Michael Lester pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a child in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a). The district court sentenced Lester to 360 months' imprisonment, which was both the maximum term of imprisonment allowed by statute and the top end of the advisory range provided...

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