United States Third Circuit

A conviction and sentence for possession of child pornography is affirmed where untainted portions of an affidavit seeking a search warrant contained sufficient facts to support a finding that there was a fair probability that defendant possessed child pornography and that there was evidence of such possession in the locations described in the affidavit.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/30/2006
• Decided 08/16/2006
• Published 08/16/2006

Judges

• Before AMBRO, FUENTES and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James V. Wade, Federal Public Defender, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Ronald A. Krauss (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender-Appeals, Harrisburg, PA, Attorneys for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas A. Marino, United States Attorney, Martin C. Carlson, Assistant United States Attorney, Theodore B. Smith, III (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Harrisburg, PA, Attorneys for Appellee.