U.S. v. Stinefast

Dist. Ct. did not err in imposing 216-month sentence on distribution of child pornography charge, where police uncovered over 190,000 images of child pornography, including images depicting sexual molestation of infants. Defendant was not subjected to unfair sentencing hearing even though prosecutor confirmed with Dist. Ct. that it would not consider inadmissible statements that defendant had made to govt. mental health expert, since there was no indication in record that Dist. Ct. had viewed such statements. Moreover, Dist. Ct. adequately discussed defendant’s diminished capacity argument, and defendant’s above guideline sentence was reasonable given number and nature of pictures found in defendant’s possession.