United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for sexual exploitation of a child and knowingly receiving child pornography is affirmed, where: 1) 18 U.S.C. section 2251(a) does not require the government to prove that defendant had knowledge that the materials used to produce child pornography had traveled in interstate commerce; 2) the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the defendant's prior conviction for possession of child pornography; and 3) a rational jury could conclude that the videos introduced at trial depicted sexually explicit conduct. (Reissued opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/09/2014
• Published 04/09/2014

Judges

• CLIFTON

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel