United States v. Leprinceton Burks

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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 21, 202422-50292California1,639 words

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS OCT 21 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-50292

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:15-cr-00407-TJH-3 v.

LEPRINCETON DEWON BURKS, AKA P, MEMORANDUM*

AKA Dapper P, AKA Pete Williams,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Terry J. Hatter, Jr., District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 7, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: PAEZ, NGUYEN, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

LePrinceton Burks appeals his convictions and sentence for conspiring to

produce, producing, and possessing child pornography in violation of

18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a), 2251(e), and 2252A(a)(5)(B). We have jurisdiction under

8 U.S.C. § 3742 and 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm Burks’s convictions, reverse the

district court’s application of the obstruction of justice enhancement, vacate the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. sentence, and remand…

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