The view from 5,000 feet would be easy to sentence, but looking closer, Skavdahl said there are factors the court has to take into consideration to provide a just punishment.
The case started in December 2021 when the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation received a lead from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The FBI agent's affidavit goes into greater detail about the exchange of erotic messages between James Martin and the victim, Martin's apprehension in Arizona, and interviews of him and the victim about their sexual relationship.
In a reminiscence, the judge wrote, "I yearn for the day where litigants seek their courts unburdened by the possibility of physical reprisal. That hope may be quixotic today."
Production of child pornography is punishable by 15 years to 30 years imprisonment. Judge Scott Skavdahl sentenced Salas to the maximum terms on each count.
If the case went to trial and Ronnell Robertson was convicted, he could have faced a sentence of 15 years, eight months imprisonment to nearly 20 years imprisonment.