United States v. Craig Finley

How courts have described this case

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• noting that sleeping children are “considerably more vulnerable” in context of child pornography production offenses
• noting that \[a] district court is generally afforded broad discretion on evidentiary rulings\
• noting that sleeping children are “considerably more vulnerable” in context of child pornography production offenses
• explaining that “a perpetrator can ‘use’ a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct without the minor’s con- scious or active participation,” even if the child is asleep
• noting that “[a] district court is generally afforded broad discretion on evidentiary rulings”
• holding “that a sleeping child can ‘engage in’ sexually explicit conduct within the context of § 2251(a)” because Congress intended to protect children when they are treated as the passive objects of sexually explicit conduct

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).