U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. 10-10550.

659 F.3d 1223 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Powell , Assistant Federal Defender, Reno, NV, for the appellant.

Carla B. Higginbotham , Assistant United States Attorney, Reno, NV, for the appellee.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON OLIVER, JR., Chief District Judge.


OPINION

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question of whether a defendant can be convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(d)(1)(A) if he does not produce the child pornography which he advertises or offers to distribute. We conclude that he can, and we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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Williams used peer-to-peer file software to post and share more than 5,000 images of prepubescent children engaged in sexually explicit...

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