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[ NNSquad ] Court applies "computer use" sentence enhancement due to simple cell phone use


Court applies "computer use" sentence enhancement due to simple cell phone use

http://j.mp/gJDb6G  (City Business)

    But the man objected when federal prosecutors moved to make his
    sentence longer for use of a computer. Prosecutors argued his
    cellphone qualifies as a computer under the definition in federal law.
    U.S. District Judge Richard Dorr agreed, sentencing Kramer to 14 years
    in prison, a term that the judge said was more than two years longer
    than he otherwise would have imposed.  Kramer appealed, arguing he
    only used his phone to make calls and send text messages, so it
    shouldn't be considered a computer. But a three-judge panel of the St.
    Louis-based 8th Circuit upheld the sentence, finding the federal
    definition of computer is broad enough to encompass cellphones.

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