United States Sixth Circuit

A 72-month sentence for distributing child pornography in interstate commerce and receiving child pornography that had traveled in interstate commerce is vacated and remanded for resentencing where a large downward variance from the Guidelines range of between 210 and 262 months was substantively unreasonable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/15/2007
• Published 05/15/2007

Judges

• Before: BATCHELDER, GILMAN, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Madison T. Sewell, Assistant United States Attorney, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant.  Michael R. Mazzoli, Cox & Mazzoli, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Terry M. Cushing, Monica Wheatley, Assistant United States Attorneys, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant.  Michael R. Mazzoli, Cox & Mazzoli, Louisville, Kentucky, Rob Eggert, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.