United States v. Thomas Wright

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding a defendant “uses” a minor to produce visual depictions when he takes pictures of the minor, even if the minor initiates the nude photography sessions
• agreeing with the Second, Fourth, and Eighth Circuits that the “use” element is satisfied “if a minor is photographed in order to create pornography”
• “We leave to the ALJ to determine credibility, resolve conflicts in the testimony, and resolve ambiguities in the record.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).