United States Fourth Circuit

Congress' prohibition against attempted creation of child pornography, as embodied in 18 USC 2251(a), is Constitutionally permissible.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/07/2001
• Decided 08/17/2001
• Published 08/17/2001

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Elizabeth Linn Pearl, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant.  Hans Frank Bader, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.  Barbara Slaymaker Sale, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, MD, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  James Wyda, Federal Public Defender, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant.  Michael E. Rosman, Kristofor J. Hammond, Center for Individual Rights, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.  Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Baltimore, MD, for Appellee.