United States v. Edward Grimes

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

*1014 Edward Grimes was sentenced to 228 months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to attempted distribution of child pornography, attempted receipt of child pornography, and possession of child pornography. See 18 U.S.C. § 2252 (a)(2) & (4). In arriving at this sentence, the district court 2 concluded that Grimes's prior sex-crimes convictions triggered an enhanced statutory sentencing range for each offense, see id. § 2252(b)(1) & (2), and that he qualified for a pattern-of-activity enhancement pursuant to United States Sentencing Guidelines ("U.S.S.G.") § 2G2.2(b)(5).…