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United States v. Hill, No. CR 10-00261 JSW (N.D. Calif. 1-10-2011)

Administrator — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:23:16 +0100

Motion to Suppress Denied in Part and Granted in Part -- Defendant was charged with "two counts of production of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), one count of receipt of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2), and one count of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B)." The charges stemmed from an investigation into a report that a man driving a white SUV had exposed himself to a young girl near the DixiRead More...

United States v. Harmer, No. 10-1624 (8th Cir. 1-7-2011)

Administrator — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:19:19 +0100

Judgment Affirmed -- Defendant was prosecuted for possession of child pornography following a search of his home and personal computer revealed hundreds of child pornography files. The affidavit submitted in support of the search warrant stated that investigators had traced a shared file to defendant's computer.

The shared file contain an offer to distribute hundreds of files, including sixteen contained in the known child pornography list of the Internet Crimes Against Children task Read More...

U.S. v. Oliver, No. 09-10133 (5th Cir. 1-6-2011)

Administrator — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:51:02 +0100

Laptop Search Upheld -- Defendant was indicted with various co-conspirators for stealing personal identifying information of other individuals and using it to file fraudulent unemployment claims in Texas. During their investigation, law enforcement officers learned from a co-conspirator that the defendant had stashed a cardboard box box and laptop computer at his girlfriend's apartment, and they went there to retrieve them.

Prior to their arrival, defendant's girlfriend opened the boxRead More...

United States v. Dobbs, No. 09-5025 (10th Cir. 1-5-2011)

Administrator — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:28:32 +0100

Conviction Reversed — During a computer forensics examination for alleged fraud, multiple images of child pornography were discovered on defendant's computer. A second search warrant was obtained and a federal forensics examiner eventually uncovered over 150 images of child pornography. Defendant was ultimately charged with one count of "knowingly received and attempted to receive one or more visual depictions [of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct]," i.e., two Web site bannersRead More...