Former brothel owner attacks child porn sentence

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A former Nevada brothel owner is asking a federal judge in Wyoming to set aside his convictions and 15-year prison sentence on charges of possessing and transporting child pornography.
David Burgess filed a lawsuit last week asking U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson of Cheyenne to set aside his 2008 convictions.
The 57-year-old Burgess claims his federal public defender provided an inadequate defense. A federal appeals court already has upheld Burgess' convictions.
Prosecutors say investigators found child pornography on computer hard drives they confiscated from Burgess' motor home in western Wyoming in 2007.
Burgess was a member of a Nevada chapter of the Hells Angels and was owner of the Old Bridge Ranch, a legal brothel near Reno, Nev.