Brown v. State

*192OPINION

Judge SUDDOCK,

writing for the Court.

Ryan Michael Thomas Brown pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography after authorities discovered files containing child pornography on his computer. On appeal, he challenges the superior court’s rejection of his proposed statutory mitigator — that combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) significantly affected his conduct. For the reasons explained below, we agree that the mitigator applies, to his case and we therefore vacate Brown’s sentence and remand this case to the superior court for resentencing.

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