Supreme Court of California

Producing child pornography and posting it on the Internet, in order to induce others similarly to trade such pornography on the Internet (without making a monetary profit), satisfies the "commercial purposes" requirement of Penal Code section 311.4.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/11/2002
• Published 07/11/2002

Judges

• CHIN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Gregory Marshall, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Palo Cedro, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Janelle M. Boustany, Laura Whitcomb Halgren, Steven T. Oetting and Arlene Aquintey Sevidal, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.