United States Fifth Circuit

The rule of lenity requires sentencing for child pornography under 18 U.S.C. section 2252 based on the number of websites as the relevant "unit of prosecution," rather than on the number of individual images.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/26/2002
• Published 08/26/2002

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven Jay Rozan (argued), Kuniansky & Rozan, Houston, TX, for Thomas Reedy.


• For Appellees:
  
• Delonia Anita Watson (argued), Fort Worth, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.