United States v. Meyer, No. 14-1519 (8th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseMeyer pleaded guilty to receipt and possession of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(2) and 2252(a)(4)(B). Using websites and a peer-to-peer file-sharing program, Meyer accessed and downloaded more than 300 videos and 700 images of child pornography. The district court sentenced Meyer to 120 months’ imprisonment. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the sentence, rejecting an argument that the court erred by relying on information that was not disclosed to him, concerning another child pornography case in which the court had imposed sentence the week before Meyer’s sentencing. At Meyer’s hearing, both attorneys and the judge discussed the earlier case. Meyer did not object to the district court’s statement of reasons or complain that the court impermissibly considered information to which Meyer lacked access.
Court Description: Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court did not rely on extra-record information to select an appropriate sentence for defendant and, instead, based it decision on the 3553(a) factors; record did not demonstrate the district court ignored pertinent information as the court delayed the hearing to consider materials provided shortly before the start of the hearing and gave counsel an opportunity to argue from them; district court adequately explained its sentencing decision; sentence was not substantively unreasonable.
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