United States v. Meschino, No. 10-2696 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, a school bus driver convicted of distributing and possessing child pornography (18 U.S.C. 2252A(a)), received a 360-month sentence, the low end of the sentencing guidelines range but the statutory maximum. Among other enhancements, he received a five-level enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. 2G2.2(b)(5) for engaging in a pattern of sexual abuse of a minor, based on testimony from his niece that defendant had sexually abused her for 10 years beginning when she was about four years old. Another enhancement (U.S.S.G. 2G2.2(b)(7)) was for possessing more than 600 images of child pornography. The Seventh Circuit affirmed. The district court was within its discretion in barring defendant from cross-examining his niece about an unrelated rape allegation. The number-of-images enhancement does not violate separation of powers and the sentence was reasonable, based on the presence of multiple serious aggravating circumstances.
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