Legal Opinion

United States v. Ronald Mabee

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided September 3, 2014No. 13-2496PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

Ronald Mabee appeals his 121-month sentence for distribution of child pornography on the ground that the district court misapplied U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2(b)(3)(B), which calls for a five-level enhancement to the offense level for a defendant who distributes child pornography for “the receipt, or expectation of receipt, of a thing of value, but not for pecuniary gain.” Ma-bee argues that the enhancement was unjustified because the record showed only that he used a file-sharing program to download and store child pornography, and there was no evidence that he…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. United States v. VonnerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
  4. United States v. Henry A. BosticCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
  5. United States v. Willie Kincaide (96-1771), Christian R. Key (96-1915), Keith Elbert Riley (96-1772)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by25 opinions

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