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N.D. Iowa· 2/24/2009

United States v. Beiermann

Citations

  • 599 F. Supp. 2d 1087
  • 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14316
  • 2009 WL 467628

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • rejecting “entirely” on “categorical, policy grounds” the child pornography Guidelines before examining particular circumstances of defendant and his offenses
  • sentencing defendant to 90 months after \reweighing\ and \cherry picking\ Guidelines factors
  • sentencing defendant to 90 months after “reweighing” and “cherry picking” Guidelines factors
  • finding defendant’s crimes to be “very serious,” but varying downward because the sentence prescribed by the child pornography Guidelines “would be at odds with the ‘parsimony provision’ of the federal sentencing statute”
  • finding defendant’s crimes to be “very serious,” but varying downward because the sentence -16- prescribed by the child pornography Guidelines “would be at odds with the ‘parsimony provision’ of the federal sentencing statute”
  • noting “the principal or only reason given by the Commission itself for each of the amendments [to the child pornography guidelines] is that the amendment was undertaken exclusively or primarily at the behest of Congress”

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Judges: Mark W. Bennett

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