United States v. David Cunningham

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• holding that the probative value of evidence is diminished where the facts shown in the evidence had “already been established” through other avenues
• stating that “the agreed upon stipulation obviously falls far short of the evidentiary impact made by the video excerpts the government wanted to present”
• noting that the admission of videos or images depicting child pornography is not per se improper but turns on “the nature and severity of the acts depicted” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that horrific, violent sexual acts 17 provoke feelings of “intense disgust”
• noting that horrific, violent sexual acts provoke feelings of \intense disgust\
• vacating defendant’s conviction where inflammatory child pornography evidence created prejudice substantially outweighing its probative value

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