U.S. v. LAURSEN

No. 14-30244.

847 F.3d 1026 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Thorvald LAURSEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 30, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn C. Hartfield (argued), Law Office of Lynn C. Hartfield LLC, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant.

Helen J. Brunner (argued), First Assistant United States Attorney; Annette L. Hayes , United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Seattle, Washington; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Concurrence by Judge Hawkins.


OPINION

In this appeal we address whether taking consensual nude "selfies"1 involving a forty-five-year-old man and a sixteen-year-old girl is sufficient to support a conviction for production and possession of child pornography. We conclude that this evidence was sufficient to support...

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