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Sixth Circuit· 2/28/2013

United States v. Timothy Sims

Citations

  • 708 F.3d 832
  • 90 Fed. R. Serv. 1050
  • 2013 WL 709626
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 4127

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that non-lascivious videos supported a charge of attempted production of child pornography
  • remanding the case for the district court to balance the probative weight and the prejudicial effect of the evidence in considering whether it was admissible
  • uncovering “two disks containing at least 90 images of child pornography”
  • “[T]he government does not need to prove that the videos of [the minor] were actually lascivious.”
  • “[T]he government does not need to prove that the videos ... were actually lascivious. (If they were, [defendant] would presumably be facing an actual-production charge.
  • “To convict [the defendant] of attempted production of child pornography, the government does not need to prove that the videos of [the minor] were actually lascivious.”

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Judges: Kethledge, White, Ludington

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