U.S. v. LAWRENCE

No. 18-20149.

920 F.3d 331 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Joseph Bret LAWRENCE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 8, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Reed , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Catherine Pick , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael Martin Essmyer, Sr., Esq. , Essmyer & Daniel, P.C., R. Trent Gaither , Gaither Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WIENER, DENNIS, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


Defendant-Appellant Joseph Bret Lawrence pleaded guilty to receipt and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(B) and (a)(5)(B). He did not plead guilty to the additional charge of distributing child pornography, but the district court applied a two-level sentence enhancement under U.S...

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