United States v. Patrick John Corp.

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• explaining that defendant’s Commerce Clause claim does not constitute a challenge to the district court’s jurisdiction
• explaining that the defendant’s unconditional guilty plea waived appellate review of his Commerce Clause challenge
• deeming argument forfeited where party did not \object with that reasonable degree of specificity which would have adequately apprised the trial court of the true basis for his objection\ (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• “[Wjhether a particular image can be classified as portraying sadistic or masochistic conduct under § 2G2.1(b)(4) is an objective determination.”
• “Generally, a voluntary and unconditional guilty plea ‘bars any subsequent non-jurisdictional attack on the conviction.’”
• “The mere fact that a defendant cites other cases in which courts determined certain defendants to be deserving of different sentences does not demonstrate abuse of discretion in the instant case.”

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