UNITED STATES v. BLANKS

No. 19-2042.

985 F.3d 1070 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jerris M. BLANKS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kyle Timothy Bateman , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Tiffany Gulley Becker , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Robert F. Livergood , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri, Saint Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jerris M. Blanks, Texarkana, TX, Pro Se.

Jonathan Theodore Sternberg , Jonathan Sternberg, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


Jerris Blanks was convicted of three counts related to the receipt and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2), (a)(5)(B), (b)(1), and (b)(2) and was sentenced to 130 months' imprisonment. Blanks argues that the district court1 abused its discretion in denying...

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