United States v. Gary Scott Whiting

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• relying on Hockings to hold that even before § 2256(5) was amended in 1996, “images stored on computer disks were encompassed by the original definition of ‘visual depiction’” in the statute
• “When a statute uses the word ‘includes’ rather than ‘means’ in defining a term, it does not imply that items not listed fall outside the definition.”
• “The purpose of laws prohibiting child pornography is not to police the morals of the public, but to protect children . . . .”
• “The starting point . . . is always the language of the statute itself.”
• reviewing district court's interpretation of federal statutes de novo
• reviewing district court's interpretation of federal statutes de novo

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