First Circuit· 4/2/2004
United States v. Hilton
Citations
- 386 F.3d 13
- 2004 WL 2149133
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- finding medical expert’s testimony that images depicted children rather than adults insufficient to support inference that children depicted were real and not virtual
- finding medical expert's testimony that images depicted children rather than adults insufficient to support inference that children depicted were real and not virtual
- rejecting the government’s argument that it was “commonsensical” that because an expert pediatrician testified that the images depict minor children, this testimony was sufficient to establish the further element of reality
- finding medical expert's testimony that images depicted children rather than adults insufficient to support inference that children depicted were real and not virtual
- affirming grant of habeas relief based on -12- unconstitutionality of CPPA where “the government failed effectively to preserve the issue of harmless error review on appeal”
- because the jury was not required to find that the images were of actual children, even if a commonsense determination would compel such a finding, the conviction could not stand
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Judges: Torruella, Howard, Schwarzer
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