U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Dean Doutt
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge John M. Rogers
- Judge Bernice Bouie Donald
- Judge Amul Roger Thapar
Case history
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June 4, 2019decided Decision issued in United States v. Dean Doutt
Opinions and writings
THAPAR, Circuit Judge. Dean Doutt pled guilty to receiving child pornography. The district court enhanced his sentence because it found that he had engaged in a "pattern of activity involving the sexual abuse or exploitation of a minor." U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2G2.2(b)(5) (U.S. Sentencing Comm'n 2016). But the district court used the wrong legal standard when it applied thi…