Father’s Sexual Abuse Conviction Upheld, but New Sentence Needed

The conviction of a father for sexually abusing his adopted child was upheld by the Fourth Circuit Wednesday, but his sentence of life and a lifetime term of supervised release was vacated because the judge didn’t orally pronounce his supervised release conditions.

Daniel Kemp was charged with nine counts for sexually abusing his adopted children, but eight counts were dismissed after he pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated sexual abuse.

Although the government’s motion for Kemp’s appeal to be dismissed was untimely, his motion was dismissed on the merits. Kemp failed to show that any errors in his plea ...