United States Seventh Circuit

After guilty pleas to distributing child pornography, 18 U.S.C. section 2252(a)(1), arising from defendant's operation of a web site, an upward departure aimed at addressing the seriousness of his criminal history and the danger that he would present in the future is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/19/2003
• Decided 09/26/2003
• Published 09/26/2003

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• K. Tate Chambers (Argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Robert A. Alvarado (Argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.