United States v. Stacy Onken

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States v. Stacy Onken, 440 F. App'x 304 (5th Cir. 2011)

United States v. Stacy Onken

Opinion

PER CURIAM: *

In this consolidated appeal, Stacy Onken and Patrick Callaway appeal their sentences for receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2) and (b)(1). They contend that the district court erroneously applied the five-level enhancement in U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2(b)(3)(B) for distributing child pornography for the receipt, or expectation of receipt, of a thing of value but not for pecuniary gain.

Onken and Callaway were sophisticated users of computers and the file-sharing program who knowingly made their child pornography files available to others and obtained child pornography files from the file-sharing network. Their knowing contribution to the exchange of images of child pornography shows that they had an interest in facilitating access to child pornography so that they could obtain more of it from the file-sharing network. The district court did not err in finding that they distributed child pornography with the expectation of receiving child pornography. See United States v. Roman, 393 Fed.Appx. 149, 149-50 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 131 S.Ct. 964, 178 L.Ed.2d 794 (2011); United States v. Moore, 328 Fed.Appx. 308, 309 (5th Cir. 2009); United States v. Sistrunk, 37 Fed.Appx. 88 (5th Cir. 2002) (unpublished).

The judgments are AFFIRMED.

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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

Reference

Full Case Name
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stacy ONKEN, Defendant-Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick A. Callaway, Defendant-Appellant
Cited By
6 cases
Status
Unpublished