United States of America v. John Peddicord

Wilmington, Delaware, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production and possession of child pornography.



Over the course of about eighteen months, Peddicord raped and sexually assaulted two children with the consent of their mother, whom he was dating. Peddicord also paid the mother for nude pictures of the children. A grand jury returned an indictment charging him with (1) coercion and enticement of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422(b) and 2427 ("Counts 1 and 2”); (2) production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a) and (e), and 2 ("Counts 3 and 4”); (3) conspiracy to produce child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a) and (e) ("Count 5”); (4) receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252(a)(2) and (b)(1) ("Count 6”); (5) possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252(a)(4)(B) and (b) ("Count 7”); and (6) attempted coercion and enticement in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422(a)-(b) ("Counts 8 and 9”).

The Court imposed the statutory maximum sentence for each count of conviction, namely 360 months’ imprisonment for Count 3 and 120 months for Count 7, to be served consecutively, for a total term of 480 months