U.S. v. ACHESON

No. 98-3559.

195 F.3d 645 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jack ACHESON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry W. Beroset, Ross Alan Keene, Beroset & Keene, Pensacola, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Nancy J. Hess, Edwin F. Knight, Pensacola, FL, William Wagner, Dept. of Justice, Gainesville, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Bruce A. Taylor, J. Robert Flores, National Law Center for Children & Families, Fairfax, VA, for the National Law Center for Children & Families, Amicus Curiae.

Before TJOFLAT and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and STORY, District Judge.


STORY, District Judge:

In this case we consider the constitutionality of the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 (CPPA). Defendant Acheson pled guilty to violating the Act; now he challenges his conviction asserting the CPPA is unconstitutionally vague, overbroad, and generally violates the First Amendment. The district court concluded the CPPA is constitutional. We agree and affirm Defendant's conviction as we hold the CPPA puts a reasonable person on notice...

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