Legal Opinion
United States v. Goff
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 30, 2007No. 05-5524PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JORDAN, Circuit Judge.
The government appeals a sentence of four months imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a $10,000 fine imposed on the defendant, Stefan Goff, for possessing hundreds of electronic images of child pornography. Because we agree that the District Court’s sentence was not reasonable in light of the circumstances of this case, the advisory Sentencing Guidelines, and the remaining factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), we will vacate and remand for resentencing.
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The facts are as straightforward as they are sad. For more than thirty years,…
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