United States v. Koan

Podcast: Swear on the Stand · Daniel W. Swear

Opublikowano: 2026-10-05

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed the federal sentence of David Daniel Koan, who was convicted of producing child pornography after serving nearly forty months in Texas state custody for a related sexual assault. During his federal sentencing, defense counsel requested a sentence adjustment to account for the time already served in state prison, but the district court mistakenly believed it lacked the legal authority to grant this relief and deferred the matter to the Bureau of Prisons. Although the government argued that the objection was forfeited and that the lower court had implicitly considered the guidelines, the...