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McBride: No Clear Error in 84-month sentence for child pornography distributor

By Tim Cone

In U.S. v. McBride, No. 06-16544 (Dec. 28, 2007) (2-1) (Dubina, J., dissenting), on a government appeal, the Court affirmed an 84-month sentence ? below the 151-188 months guideline range ? and a ten-year term of supervised release ? below the Guideline recommended life term ? for a defendant convicted of distributing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(B).The Court rejected the government?s claim that the sentence was substantively unreasonable. The Court noted that it would reverse a sentence only if left with the definite and firm conviction that a clear error occurred in weighing the § 3553(a) factors. The Court cited the length of the 84 month sentence, as well as the district court?s reliance on the defendant?s history of abuse as a child, as bases for affirming the sentence.continue to full post

Full post as published by Defense Newsletter Blog on January 02, 2008 (boomark / email).