Unted States v. Annoreno, No. 11-2783 (7th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseAnnoreno was an administrator of an internet chat room called “Kiddypics & Kiddyvids,” on which users broadcast live videos of people sexually abusing young children, including infants. The chat room allowed users to interact and trade child pornography through “peer-to-peer” file sharing. Big Daddy, another user, broadcast his molestations of four children live to other users. Big Daddy eventually cooperated with investigators and testified at Annoreno’s sentencing hearing that he watched Annoreno molest a child, then no more than one year old, about five times. Investigators identified Annoreno sufficiently to get a warrant for computers in the home Annoreno shared with his mother and daughter. Investigators found more than 57 computer files containing child pornography. Annoreno confessed and helped identify other users. While in custody, Annoreno offered to pay another inmate to procure child pornography for him. Other inmates attacked Annoreno, leaving him nearly blind. After being found competent to proceed, Annoreno entered into a plea agreement, which noted that the maximum sentence was 50 years; a presentence report concluded that the guidelines recommended a 50-year sentence. U.S.S.G. 5G1.1(a). The Seventh Circuit affirmed a 480-month sentence, rejecting argument that the court improperly considered Annoreno’s mental disabilities and the time needed for rehabilitation.
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