United States v. Michael Aaron O'Keefe

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• explaining that “due process is not violated by the use for impeachment purposes of a defendant’s silence prior to arrest, or after arrest if no Miranda warnings are given”
• “[The government’s expert] testified that the two viruses he found on [the defendant’s] computer were not capable of ‘downloading and uploading child pornography and sending out advertisements.’”
• “[The government’s expert] testified that the two viruses he found on [the defendant’s] computer were not capable of ‘downloading and uploading child pornography and sending out advertisements.’ ”
• reference to post-arrest silence allowed but only to rebut defendant's implication that he cooperated with police
• the defendant claimed to possess child pornography for use in a personal crusade against sexual predators

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).