Sentencing Guidelines

By: Derek Hawkins//December 23, 2019//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States v. Adrian Grisanti

Case No.: 18-2993; 19-1576

Officials: BAUER, RIPPLE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sentencing Guidelines

Appellant Adrian Grisanti was convicted of child-pornography offenses and destruction of evidence. On appeal, he challenges the denial of his motion to suppress evidence and the length of his sentence. We affirm on both issues. We have already held that the good-faith exception applies to the same warrant at issue in this case, which authorized the use of a sophisticated technique to identify users of a child-pornography website. See United States v. Kienast, 907 F.3d 522, 529 (7th Cir. 2018). Grisanti’s reasons for reconsidering Kienast are not persuasive. Also, his sentence was not unreasonable and the district court did not make any procedural error.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.