### IN THE UNI TED STAT ES COURT OFAPPEALS FOR THE FIF TH CIRCU IT

No. 11-31136

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee

v. BOBBY C. ODOM, Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Before KING, SMITH, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Bobby C. Odom appeals his 264-month sentence following his guilty plea to sexual exploitation of children, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), (e) and § 2. Odom’s sole co n t e n t i o n o n appeal is that the district court erred in applying a two-level enhancement for distributi o n o f explicit materials involving a minor under § 2G2.1(b)(3) of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual. For the reasons stated below, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Defendant–Appellant Bobby C. Odom pleaded guilty to Count One of an indictment charging him and Richard A. Franklin with the sexual exploitation of children, in violation of 18 U

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. § 2 5 5 1(a), (e) and § 2. The district court imposed a Guidelines sentence, beginning with a base offense level of 32 under U n i te d S ta te s C o u rt o f A p p ea l s

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U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2G2.1(a). The district court increased the offense lev e l b y two levels under § 2G2.1(b)(1)(B) based on its conclusion that Odom’s offense involved a minor who had attained the age of 12 years but not attained the age of 16 years, and the court imposed another two-level increase under § 2G2.1(b)(2)(A) because the offense involved the commission of a sexual

a ct or sexual contact. The district court then imposed an additional two- l e v e l increase under § 2G2.1(b)(3) based on its finding that Odom’s “offense involved distribution.” Because Odom’s offense involved two minor victims, the district court then calculated a combined offense level of 40 under § 3D1.4. Finally, the district court applied a three-level reduction based on Odom’s acceptance of responsibility under § 3E1.1(b), resulting in a total offense level of 37. Based on the total off

e nse level of 37 and Odom’s criminal history category of III, the Guidelines imprisonment ran g e was 262 to 327 months. The district court impo s e d a s entence of 264 months’ imprisonment, followed by a supervised release term of 10 years. At sentencing, Odom objected to the imposition of the enhance m e n t for distribution under § 2G2.1(b)(3). The Guidelines define “distribution ” as “any act, i n c l uding possession with intent to distribute, production, transmission, advertisement, and transportation, related to the transfer of material involving the sexua l exploitation of a minor.” U.S. S E N T E N C I N G G U I D E L I N E S MA N U A L § 2G2.1 cmt. n.1. Odom contended that there was no evidence that any explicit materials had been distributed, and that his assistance in producing the images did not make out “distr i b u t i o n ” under the Guidelines. However, the district court adopted the finding in Odom’s Presentence Investigation Report (“PSR”) that Franklin, Odom’s co-defendant, had “ a dvi s e d [l a w e nf o r c e m e n t] th a t s everal

a d u l t s had seen the [explicit] pictures [at issue].” The district court did not expressly rule on Odom’s “product i o n” ar gu m e n t , s t a t i n g o n ly th a t “the two-point enhancement is not improperly applie d i n this particular case under those factual circumstances set fo r t h i n the presentence report.” Odom timely

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appealed, reiterating his contention that the district court improperly applied the enhancement for distribution under § 2G2.1(b)(3). II. DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review Odom properly preserved his challenge to the district court’s im p o s i t i o n of an enhancement under § 2G2.1(b)(3), and thus the district court’s adjustment is reviewed for abuse of discretion. See United States v. Gutierrez , 635 F.3d 148, 154 (5th Cir. 2011). This court revie w s the district court’s interpretation and application of the Guidelines de novo, and the district court’s factual findings are reviewed for clear error. United States v. Cisneros–Gutierrez , 517 F.3d 751, 764 (5th Cir. 2008). “There is no clear error if the district court’s finding is plausible in light of the record as a whole.” Id. (citation and i n t e rnal quotation marks omitted). A f

a c t u al “finding will be deemed clearly erroneous if, based on the record as a whole, [this court is] left with the definite and firm convict i on that

a mistake has been committed. ” U n i ted States v. Ekanem , 555 F.3d 172, 175 (5th Cir. 2009) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Pursuant to Gall v . U n ited States , 552 U.S. 38, 49–51 (2007), this court engages in a b i f

u r c a t e d review process of the sentence imposed by the district court. United States v. Delgado–M a r t i n e z , 564 F.3d 750, 752 (5th Cir. 2009). First, this court considers w h e t h e r the district court committed a “significant procedural error,” such as miscalculating the advisory Guidelines range. Id. If there is no error or the error is harmless, this court may proceed to the second step and review the substantive reasonableness of the sentence imposed for an abuse of discretion. Id. at 753. Odom, however, does not challenge the substantive reasonableness of his sentence on appeal. B. Enhancement under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2G2.1(b)(3) Od o m contends that, in calculating his sentence, the district court erred by imposing a two-level enhancement under § 2G2.1(b)(3). Odom challenges the district court’s finding that Franklin distributed the explicit image s Odom
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helped to produce. T h e d i s t r i ct court based its finding on the statement in Odom’s PSR that Franklin admitted that he allowed several adults to view the images at issue. According to Odom, however, there is no evidence that Franklin showed the images to anyone other than Odom. We conclude that the district court did not commit c l e a r error in concluding that, as set out in the PSR, Franklin had shown the images at issue to several adults. As this court has stated, [g]enerally, a PSR bears sufficient indicia of reliability to permit the sentencing court to rely on it at senten c i n g
. The defendant bears the burden of demonstrating that th e P S R i s inaccurate; in the absence of rebuttal evidence, the sentencing court may properly rely on the PSR and adopt it. United States v. Ollison , 555 F.3d 152, 164 (5th Cir. 2009) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). At the sentencing hearing, counsel for Odom objected to the enhancement under § 2G2.1(b)(3), and indicated that he h a d n o t seen evidence th a t F r anklin had shown the images at issue to anyone other than Odom. However, “rebuttal evidence must demonstr a t e th a t th e P S R i nf o rmation is materially untrue, inaccurate or unreliabl e . ” U n i t ed States v. Parker , 133 F.3d 322, 329 (5th Cir. 1998) (internal quotation marks omitted). In addition, “[m]ere objections do not suffice as competent rebuttal evidence.” Id. Thus, Odom failed to demonstrate that the PSR was inaccurat e , a n d the district court did not clearly err in finding that Franklin had sh o w n t he explicit images to several adults. Odom further argues that the § 2G2.1(b)(3) enhancement does not apply because he did not distribute the images in question, and his help in producing the images does not make out “distribution” as defined in the Guidelines. See § 2G2.1 cmt. n.1. Whether Odom personally “distributed” the i mages is inapposite, however, because the district court implicitly determin e d that Franklin’s act of distributi o n w a s fairly attributable to Odom as “relevant conduct.” Under the Guid e l i nes, the relevant conduct used to determine a

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defendant’s advisory se n t e n c i n g r a n g e i n c l u d e s “all harm that resulted from” “all acts and omissions committed

. . . by the defendant.” § 1B1.3(a)(1), (a)(3). The record shows that Franklin’s distribution of the images—the contemplated “harm” to t h e minor victims—resulted from Odom’s help in producing them. United States v. Valenzuela-Cont r e r a s , 340 F. App’x 230, 236 (5th Cir. 2009) (applying Guidelines enhancement where h a r m indirectly resulted from the defendant’s acts). On appeal, Odom does not disput e th a t Fr a n kl i n ’ s distribution of the explicit images constituted harm to the victims, or that Odom’s assistance in producing the images ultimately resulte d i n their distribution. Odom contends only that there was no evidence of distribution. However, as discussed above, the district court’s factual finding that Franklin distributed the images

was not clearly erroneous. Consequently, we conclude t h a t the district court prop e rly d e t e r m i n e d th at Fr a nkl i n ’ s di s tribution of the images that Odom helped to create was relevant conduct attributable to Odom. III. CONCLUSION For the reasons stated above, we AFFIRM the judgm e n t of the district court.

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