Lattrell Anthony Morris, a 30-year-old Springfield, Missouri man, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison without parole for possessing child pornography and violating the terms of his supervised release.
Morris was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to 10 years in prison for possessing child pornography and to five years in prison for violating his supervised release, with two years of that sentence to be served concurrently to his 10-year sentence.
The total sentence is 13 years in federal prison. Following his prison term, Morris will be on supervised release for the rest of his life.
This sentence is more than double the length of his previous sentence for possessing child pornography. Morris was sentenced in 2007 to serve 70 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release.
Morris had been on supervised release for only a few months when he was caught downloading child pornography on his cell phone. In September 2012, Morris received a cell phone and despite supervised release restrictions against Internet services, he paid $50 a month for unlimited Internet access through his cell phone.
Morris admitted that he used his cell phone daily to conduct Internet searches for child pornography. Law enforcement officers examined Morris’s cell phone and found more than 15 images of child pornography.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Abram McGull II. It was investigated by the FBI, the Springfield, Mo., Police Department and the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Office.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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Key Facts
- State: Missouri
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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