United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's child pornography conviction is affirmed where: 1) the evidence was sufficient for the district court to reasonably find, beyond a reasonable doubt, that defendant knowingly possessed the images of child pornography found on his computer; 2) the evidence was more than sufficient to support the district court's finding that the images depicted real minors; and 3) the district court reasonably found that one or more of the twenty-seven images depicted sexually explicit conduct, and that defendant knew that fact based on his knowing possession of the images and his admissions when arrested.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/22/2009
• Published 12/22/2009

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frank K. Carlson, Sarah K. Tupper, Union, MO, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tiffany G. Becker, AUSA, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.