Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/30/2014

Commonwealth v. Rollins

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470 Mass. 66
18 N.E.3d 670

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holding that \a defendant's possession of a single cache of one hundred offending photographs in the same place at the same time gives rise to a single unit of prosecution\ for illegal possession of child pornography
holding that \a defendant's possession of a single cache of one hundred offending photographs in the same place at the same time gives rise to a single unit of prosecution\ for illegal possession of child pornography
setting aside defendant's conviction of one count of possession of child pornography where it was impossible for court to discern which of two photographs -- only one of which met statutory definition of pornography -- submitted to jury served as premise for their verdict
court vacated defendant's conviction on single count of possession of child pornography where impossible to discern which of two photographs submitted -- only one of which met statutory definition of pornography -- was premise for jury's guilty verdict

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Judges: Botsford, Cordy, Duffly, Gants, Hines, Lenk, Spina

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