United States v. McCoy

ORDER

Christopher McCoy, who is 49, pleaded guilty to using the Internet to entice a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity, 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b); transferring obscene matter to a minor, id. § 1470; and receiving, id. § 2252(a)(2), possessing, id. § 2252(a)(4)(B), and distributing child pornography, id. § 2252(a)(2)'. The district court sentenced him to a total of 327 months’ imprisonment, the top of the guidelines range. On appeal McCoy argues that the Chapter 2 guidelines for child-pornography crimes are not supported by empirical data and that the district court relied on unsupported…