Legal Opinion
United States v. Donald Eugene Creel
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 21, 2015No. 14-12438PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to decide whether the definition of “[distribution” of child pornography under the Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2(b)(3)(F) (Nov. 2013), includes an element of mens rea. Donald Eugene Creel pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(2)(A), (b)(1), and received an enhanced sentence when the district court ruled that he “[d]istribut[ed]” child pornography, U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2(b)(3)(F), through a file sharing program on his computer. Because distribution of child pornography, id., does not require an offender to…
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