United States v. Michael Cottrell

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Michael Cottrell pled guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252(a)(2) and 2252(b)(1), and one count of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(5)(b) and 2252A(b)(2). The district court 1 sentenced Cottrell to 360 months’ imprisonment, at the bottom of his advisory range under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. Cottrell appeals, arguing the district court procedurally erred by considering unproven facts in imposing the sentence and abused its discretion by imposing a substantively…