Reduced Sentence in Possession of Child Pornography Federal Case

The client was charged with possession of child pornography and was facing twenty years imprisonment. In order to avoid the likely addition to either the other charges under a superseding indictment that raise change the mandatory minimum of five years. We then began preparing for sentencing by interviewing neighbors, having the client undergo psychological testing and therapy, and preparing a presentation concerning his wife's illness and chemotherapy treatments. We further canvassed local and national sentencing trends with respect to child pornography offenses. Although the client's low end guideline sentence established by the Presentence Investigation Report was 97 months, at sentencing, the government conceded the inapplicability of one 2-level enhancement and we argued for a variance regarding the remaining enhancements. The Court agreed and sentenced our client to 36 months over the government objection.