18-usc-2252

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5109 Clinton Mark Lewis v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2252 child-pornography circuit-split circumstantial-evidence criminal-law evidence-standard federal-statute image-specific ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit 1. Is the charge of possession or accessing child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) "image specific" in that it requires proof that the defe…
21-829 Timothy Scott Hardin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 18-usc-2252 18-usc-2252a age-of-consent categorical-approach criminal-law federal-sentencing minor sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements state-statutes statutory-interpretation Under federal law, the Model Penal Code, and the laws of 39 states and the District of Columbia, consensual sex between a 21-year-old and a 17-year-ol…
20-7593 Fernando Clarke v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2252 child-pornography criminal-law file-sharing government-action peer-to-peer peer-to-peer-network statutory-interpretation transportation-statute Fernando Clarke was charged with, inter alia, two counts of transporting child pornography. At trial, the government witnesses testified that Mr. Clar…
19-8184 William Francis Walsh, IV v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2252 criminal-procedure evidence-presentation federal-rules-of-evidence ninth-circuit-interpretation old-chief-precedent old-chief-v-united-states prejudicial-material rule-403 stipulation Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioner's Rule 403 claim, based on the district court's having abused its discretion by rejecting his proffe…
19-7260 Darin Kaufmann v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-01-13 Denied IFP 18-usc-2252 categorical-approach child-pornography federal-criminal-law first-amendment predicate-offense prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation 1. Did the Seventh Circuit err in holding that the categorical approach does not apply when determining whether a state conviction triggers a sentenci…
19-428 Ryan Courtade v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied 18-usc-2252 18-usc-2256 appellate-review child-pornography child-pornography-statute circuit-split due-process lascivious-exhibition standard-of-review statutory-interpretation subjective-intent 1. When reviewing a district court's conclusion that an image depicts a "lascivious exhibition" under 18 U.S.C. 2256(2)(A), must the appellate court r…