United States v. King, No. 12-2047 (1st Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to possessing a computer that held child pornography. The presentence investigation report (PSI Report) suggested a guideline sentencing range (GSR) of fifty-seven to seventy-one months. The district court disagreed with the PSI Report, determined that Defendant was subject to a GSR of seventy-eight to ninety-seven months, and varied downward and imposed a seventy-two-month sentence. Defendant appealed, arguing that his sentence was substantively unreasonable. The First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that the reasons that supported the imposition of Defendant’s sentence were fully sufficient to justify the sentence imposed.
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