U.S. v. RICHARDS

Nos. 08-6465, 08-6503.

659 F.3d 527 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Timothy Ryan RICHARDS, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kimberly S. Hodde , Hodde & Associates, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. John-Alex Romano , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Kimberly S. Hodde , Hodde & Associates, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. John-Alex Romano , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., S. Carran Daughtrey , Assistant United States Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

GRIFFIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which SILER, J., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 552-60), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment only.


OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Timothy Ryan Richards appeals his convictions by a jury on eleven child-pornography related offenses, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a) and (d)(1)(A); 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(1), (a)(5)(B), and (b)(1); and 18 U.S.C. § 2257(f)(4). The government cross-appeals as substantively unreasonable Richards' below-Guidelines sentence of sixteen years of imprisonment, to be followed by eight years of...

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