Legal Opinion
United States v. Goergen
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 1, 2012No. 11-1092PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
In September 2010, Ronald Goergen pled guilty to four counts of sexual exploitation of children, 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a). The charges were that over a period of several years, Goergen arranged for and took still pictures and videos of three minor girls engaged in explicit sexual activities or poses and then distributed the material. Goergen received a sentence of 60 years in prison, and he now appeals to challenge only his sentence. The relevant background follows.
The government charged Goergen in an information with four counts, three covering two videos and one image, each…
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