United States v. Teuschler, No. 11-50362 (5th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant Edward Teuschler pled guilty to distributing child pornography after he sent pornographic images to an undercover officer posing as a thirteen-year-old girl. The district court sentenced Defendant to 180 months imprisonment. Defendant appealed his sentence. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the judgment of the district court, holding (1) pursuant to United States v. Fowler, the district court erred by imposing a three-level enhancement on Defendant's sentence based on the number of images involved; and (2) Defendant failed to demonstrate that the Guidelines for child pornography crimes violate the Equal Protection Clause. Remanded for resentencing.
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