No. 22-7818

Marshall M. Cohen v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-06-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-2256 child-pornography circuit-split creator's-intent federal-criminal-law four-corners-of-image intent-context lascivious-exhibition statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether lasciviousness under 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v) may be found by examining the context in which the image was produced or the creator's intent, or whether it must be determined by looking only to the four corners of the image?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether lasciviousness under 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v) may be determined by examining the context or creator's intent, or must be determined solely from the four corners of the image

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-06-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 20, 2023)

Attorneys

Marshall M. Cohen
Jeremy A. ThompsonOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent