Legal Opinion
United States v. John McLaughlin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 29, 2014No. 12-3255PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
John McLaughlin pled guilty to one count of transporting child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(l). He was sentenced to 130 months’ imprisonment, a fine of $50,000, and 20 years of supervised release. He challenges his sentence in several respects. We affirm.
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Sometime prior to June 2009, John McLaughlin began visiting an internet chat room where participants viewed and shared child pornography. Through his activity on the internet, McLaughlin accumulated a large collection of child pornography that included photographs of adults sexually abusing…
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