United States v. Byrd

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

A jury convicted defendant-appellant Gary Jefferson Byrd of one count of receiving child pornography through the mail. The crime occurred on July 29, 1987, but Byrd was not indicted until April 16, 1992, 2 and he was convicted on December 14, 1992. Byrd received a pre-Guidelines sentence of 10 years in prison and a $65,000 fine. Byrd appeals his conviction and sentence. Finding no basis for reversal, we AFFIRM.

FACTS

In May 1986, Byrd, then a psychiatrist in Opelousas, Louisiana, was targeted by an undercover child pornography “sting” operation. Agent William Shearer, a…