United States v. Huffstatler’s Empirical Analysis
561 F.3d 694 · 2009
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2251 (Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3553
Relies on Rita v. United States · Kimbrough v. United States · Sells v. United States · United States v. Rodríguez · United States v. Taylor
Most-quoted passages
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“Despite Kimbro'ugh, the crack guidelines, to which [defendant] so energetically analogizes those for child-exploitation, remain valid. And judges are not required to disagree with the crack guidelines; a within-guidelines sentence may be reasonable. The child-exploitation guidelines are no different: while district courts perhaps have the freedom to sentence below the child-pornography guidelines based on disagreement with the guidelines, they are certainly not required to do so.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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