Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/19/2007

Commonwealth v. Kenney

Citations

449 Mass. 840
874 N.E.2d 1089
2007 Mass. LEXIS 719

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upholding child pornography statute; Commonwealth must prove that no reasonable person would not have known that subject child was under age of eighteen
noting the absence of a decision from the United States Supreme Court on what level of scienter is constitutionally required to convict a person of possession of child pornography
noting the absence 18 of a decision from the United States Supreme Court on what level of scienter is 19 constitutionally required to convict a person of possession of child pornography
noting the absence 19 1 of a decision from the United States Supreme Court on what level of scienter is 2 constitutionally required to convict a person of possession of child pornography
defendant may present evidence of honest mistake about age of child depicted in pornographic material
the descriptive term “lewd” is commonly understood to refer to that which is indecent or offensive

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