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Eleventh Circuit affirms below-guideline sentence in "utterly gruesome" sex offense case

By Douglas A. Berman

Late yesterday the Eleventh Circuit handed down a notable opinion in US v. Irey, No. No. 08-10997 (11th Cir. Mar 30, 2009) (available here). The start of the panel opinion provides a sketch of the particulars: This appeal is about the discretion of a district court to impose a particular sentence. William Irey (?Defendant?) -- age 50 at sentencing -- pleaded guilty to using minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct outside the United States for the purpose of producing visual depictions of such conduct and transporting those images to the United States.  Believing that the sentence imposed on Defendant is too lenient, the government appeals Defendant?s sentence of 210 months? imprisonment plus a life term of supervised release involving many different restrictions on his liberties...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 31, 2009 (boomark / email).