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New Mexico man pleads guilty to child porn charges

Martinez

Under the terms of the plea agreement, Martinez will be sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Martinez also will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence. Martinez has been in federal custody since his arrest on August 26, 2009. He remains detained pending his sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.

In entering his guilty agreement, Martinez admitted that, between March 1992 and March 1998, he persuaded, induced, enticed, coerced, and encouraged a minor male child (victim) to engage in sexually explicit conduct so that he (Martinez) could produce a visual depiction of that conduct. Martinez admitted that this course of conduct occurred in Bernalillo County, N.M.

In his plea agreement, Martinez acknowledged that, if he proceeded to trial, the victim would testify that Martinez took sexually explicit photos of him when he was between the ages of 6 and 12 years old. Martinez also acknowledged that an inmate with whom he had contact while in jail would testify that Martinez admitted that police found sexually explicit photographs of the victim, including photographs showing Martinez engaged in sexual activity with the victim. The inmate also would testify that Martinez admitted that Martinez began this pattern of criminal activity when the victim was approximately 5 years old.

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