Legal Opinion
United States v. Schmitt
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 2007No. 06-2207PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
William Schmitt pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(5)(B) and 2256(8)(A). Everyone agreed that, if the Sentencing Guidelines were to be followed, his sentence would fall between 63 and 78 months’ imprisonment. Schmitt, however, argued that the only reasonable sentence for him would be below that range. At his sentencing hearing, he showed convincingly that the overwhelming majority of defendants charged with the same crime in the state courts covering the same area as the Eastern District of Wisconsin…
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