United States First Circuit

In this case, defendant was convicted of three counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child pornography and was sentenced to 480 months imprisonment. The judgment is affirmed in all respects, where: 1) the affidavit established probable cause to search defendant's parents' house, as there was a nexus element was satisfied; 2) the uncharged child molestation testimony was very prejudicial, but not unfairly so; 3) the interstate commerce element is satisfied in this case by the fact that the VHS tape on which the child pornography was recorded was made out-of-state; 4) the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing defendant to 480 months.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/11/2015
• Published 02/11/2015

Judges

• Kayatta

Court

• United States First Circuit

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