United States v. Klear

*1300OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Defendant Tyson Scott Klear possessed significant numbers of digital images and videos portraying child pornography, which he distributed without compensation over a peer-to-peer computer network. Klear pled guilty to one count of knowingly distributing child pornography in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2). The court continued the hearing and reserved ruling on Klear’s motion for a variance and his final sentence. For the reasons discussed below, the court will grant his motion. Klear should receive a sentence of nine years, rather than the…