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Date: 05-17-2022
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Case Number: 1:21-cr-00151-SNLJ
Judge: Stephen N. Limbaugh
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Cape Girardeau County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney: Cira Duffe
Description: Cape Girardeau, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with receipt of child pornography.
According to court documents, law enforcement officials interviewed a 16-year-old female during a sexual abuse investigation and discovered, among other things, that she sent sexually explicit images of herself to Samuel J. Gillam, age 27, of Iron County, Missouri. Investigators subsequently seized Gillam’s mobile phone and found the images. At his guilty plea hearing last February, Gillam admitted that he received the images from the minor female. During the sentencing hearing, Judge Limbaugh determined that the aggravated nature of Gillam’s conduct—including the fact that he had been sexually abusing the minor female—justified the statutory maximum 20-year sentence.
After serving his 20-year sentence, Gillam was ordered to be placed on supervised release for the rest of his life. Gillam will also be required to register as a sex offender.
This case was investigated by the Iron County Sheriff’s Office the Missouri State Highway Patrol, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Jack Koester handled the prosecution for the Government.
Outcome: Defendant is committed to the Bureau of Prisons for a term of 240 months, supervised release term = Life, Special assessment $100.00.
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