United States v. Bolton, No. 10-6555 (6th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant entered a plea of guilty to knowing possession of child pornography transported via computer, 18 U.S.C. 2252A(a)(5)(B) and (b)(2). He was sentenced to 72 months and appealed sentencing enhancement under USSG 2G2.2(b)(3)(F), which requires a two-level increase for distribution. The Sixth Circuit affirmed, finding that the evidence at least arguably refuted any claim that defendant was ignorant of the fact that his use of a file-sharing program made the files he downloaded through the program "available" to be searched and downloaded by others.
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