United States Fifth Circuit

Trading child pornography files over the Internet satisfies the definition of "distribution" within Sentencing Guidelines 2G2.2(b)(2) because "pecuniary gain" is not limited to money, but is an elastic concept that may include barter.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/07/2000
• Published 12/07/2000

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kathlyn Giannaula Snyder, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Roland E. Dahlin, II, Fed. Pub. Def., Laura Fletcher Leavitt, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.