United States v. Eddie Eugene Norris

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

Eddie Eugene Norris pleaded guilty to ten counts of receiving child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2). He was sentenced to a 78-month prison term. He appeals from that sentence on the theory that his ten counts of conviction should have been grouped pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3D1.2(b) because each offense involved the same “victim” (namely, society as a whole), and therefore involved substantially the same harm. We disagree, and therefore affirm.

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Norris took his computer to a shop in Corpus Christi, Texas, for the purpose of having the hard drive repaired.…