U.S. v. Adams

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Sentencing
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 10-2968
Decision Date: 
July 22, 2011
Federal District: 
C.D. Ill.
Holding: 
Affirmed
Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 180-month term of incarceration on charge of using Internet to traffic in child pornography, even though Dist. Ct. made unsupported observation that defendant suffered from uncontrollable illness to commit future related offenses. Record showed that Dist. Ct. discounted said observation by noting that defendant had in fact controlled desire to view child pornography, and Dist. Ct. could otherwise base instant below-guidelines sentence on need to deter others from engaging in similar crimes.