United States Second Circuit

Convictions for receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 2252A(a)(2) and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 2252A(a)(5)(B) are affirmed, but sentence is vacated on the grounds that the district court erred by granting an upward departure under U.S.S.G. section 5K2.3.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/02/2003
• Published 05/02/2003

Judges

• F.I. PARKER, Circuit Judge., Before:  F.I. PARKER, STRAUB, SACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Diane Polan, Law Offices of Diane Polan, L.L.C., New Haven, Connecticut, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John A. Danaher, III, United States Attorney, District of Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut (Kari A. Dooley, Jeffrey A. Meyer, William J. Nardini, Assistant United States Attorneys, on brief), for Appellee.