Kline appealed the Miami Circuit Court's sentence in January following his multiple felony convictions involving child exploitation and related offenses.According to court documents, Kline argued that his sentence is"manifestly unreasonable." The state said that was"no longer a valid argument on appeal."
Kline was also ordered to serve three years probation as part of his sentence for 25 convictions related to child pornography. . In requesting the continuance, Kline's defense team claimed he needed time to review evidence Kline said he hasn't seen. The defense then said Kline may want to withdraw his guilty plea based on that evidence.after his former attorney filed a motion to no longer represent him.
Kline admitted using the catfish social media profiles"anthony_shots" and"Emily Ann" to contact his victims. He also admitted that he obstructed justice by deleting social media apps from his devices. Kline allegedly claimed to have received pictures from all of the girls he chatted with and had saved them.
Investigators seized six devices from Kline, including smartphones, a tablet and an iPod touch as part of the 2017 search warrant on the child pornography case. A Samsung Galaxy phone, last used in June 2015, contained sexually explicit images of children between 12 and 17 years old.Another iPhone investigators found contained sexual images of children between 12 and 17, adults involved in sexual acts with children between the ages of 3 and 11, and images of drugs and Kline with a black handgun. That phone was last used in November 2016.