United States v. Arsenault, No. 15-1161 (1st Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, a school aide for special-needs students, pled guilty to the sexual exploitation of three minors, as well as the transportation, receipt, and possession of child pornography. After a hearing, the judge imposed a below-Guidelines sentence of 780 months - or sixty-five years - in prison. Appellant challenged his sentence on appeal, arguing that the judge erred in applying enhancements in his Guidelines calculation, that the judge failed to adequately explain how the sentence did not violate the parsimony principle, and that the sentence violated the parsimony principle. The First Circuit affirmed, holding that there was no abuse of discretion in the sentencing judge’s determination and that the sentence was neither procedurally nor substantively unreasonable.
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