A sentence of 18 months' immediate imprisonment for possession of 38 video files and 6 image files of child pornography depicting acts of sexual penetration of children (upper range material) is within the appropriate sentencing range, even where the material was inadvertently downloaded but deliberately retained on discs for possible future viewing. The fact that an offender had not yet returned to view the material carries no mitigating weight absent evidence the offender found the material offensive.
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