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Parties Involved:
Gustavo Cervantes-Perez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-50154

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

GUSTAVO CERVANTES-PEREZ,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 3:12-CR-217

Before DAVIS, CLEMENT, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

A jury found Gustavo Cervantes-Perez guilty of two counts of 

receipt/distribution of material involving the sexual exploitation of children 

and two counts of possessing material involving the sexual exploitation of 

children. On each count, he was sentenced to concurrent terms of 120 months 

of imprisonment and five years of supervised release.

* 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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

February 5, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

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On appeal, he argues that the evidence produced at trial was insufficient 

to support his conviction for distribution of child pornography under 18 U.S.C. 

§ 2252(a)(2). Because he did not renew his motion for a judgment of acquittal 

at the close of all evidence, we review this claim for a manifest miscarriage of 

justice. United States v. Salazar, 542 F.3d 139, 142 (5th Cir. 2008). As there 

was evidence produced at trial showing that child pornography was detected 

in a shared folder accessible via a peer-to-peer network at Cervantes-Perez’s 

residence, as well as substantial evidence linking Cervantes-Perez to the 

detected child pornography files, Cervantes-Perez has failed to show there was 

a manifest miscarriage of justice. See United States v. Richardson, 713 F.3d 

232, 235-36 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 134 S. Ct. 230 (2013).

Cervantes-Perez also contends that the district court erred by applying 

the two-level adjustment under U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2(b)(3)(F) because his offense 

involved distribution. He asserts that this constituted error because there was 

no evidence that he used a shared folder accessible via a peer-to-peer network. 

As there was such evidence, he has failed to show error in this regard. See 

United States v. Baker, 742 F.3d 618, 620 (5th Cir. 2014).

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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