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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 7, 2024

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Michael C. Holley, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Rascoe S. Dean, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Michael C. Holley, Dumaka S. Shabazz, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Rascoe S. Dean, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Judge(s): KETHLEDGE, BUSH, and READLER, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee at Nashville

CHAD A. READLER, Circuit Judge. Leon Hensley surreptitiously recorded minors using the bathroom. He pleaded guilty to 25 counts of production and attempted production of child pornography. The district court sentenced him to 293 months of confinement. On appeal, Hensley alleges two sentencing errors: (1) the district court impermissibly double counted when calculating his offense level; and (2) the district court misunderstood its discretion to depart from the Guidelines. Seeing no error on either front, we affirm.

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