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U.S. v. DeCOSTA

No. 93-2120.

37 F.3d 5 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William J. DeCOSTA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank P. Marchetti, Somerville, MA, by Appointment of the Court, for appellant.

Nadine Pellegrini, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Donald K. Stern, U.S. Atty., Boston, MA, was on brief for the U.S.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

As part of a postal service "sting," postal inspectors placed an advertisement concerning child pornography in a local publication. William DeCosta was foolish enough to respond. In correspondence with an undercover postal inspector, DeCosta expressed an interest in receiving such material. In February 1989, DeCosta mailed to the undercover agent four photographs depicting young girls in sexually explicit poses. Thereafter he was indicted.<...

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