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Type
Opinion
Author
Amul Roger Thapar
Filed
June 4, 2019
Case
United States v. Dean Doutt
Case status
Decided

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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…

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