U.S. v. ROMM

No. 04-10648.

455 F.3d 990 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stuart ROMM, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason F. Carr, Las Vegas, NV, for appellant Stuart Romm.

Nancy J. Koppe (briefed) and Daniel R. Schiess (argued), Las Vegas, NV, for appellee United States of America.

Before: B. FLETCHER, THOMPSON, and BEA, Circuit Judges.


BEA, Circuit Judge:

We are called upon to decide whether, absent a search warrant or probable cause, the contents of a laptop computer may be searched at an international border and, if so, what evidence is sufficient to convict its owner of receiving and possessing child pornography. We also address an error in the jury instructions on the mental state required for knowingly possessing child pornography.

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