UNITED STATES v. DAWSON

No. 21-11425.

64 F.4th 1227 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edgar John DAWSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: April 5, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberta Josephina Bodnar, U.S. Attorney's Office-FLM, Ocala, FL, David Paul Rhodes, U.S. Attorney Service-Middle District of Florida, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Adeel Bashir, Federal Public Defender's Office, Tampa, FL, Ali Kamalzadeh, Gurney Law, PLLC, Orlando, FL, Rosemary Cakmis, Rosemary Cakmis, Orlando, FL, James T. Skuthan, Federal Public Defender's Office Middle District of Florida, Orlando, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Wilson, Branch, and Lagoa, Circuit Judges.


This appeal asks us to determine whether an adult who films himself exposing his genitals and masturbating in the presence of a child where the child is the object of sexual desire in the film "uses" that child to engage in sexually explicit conduct for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a). We hold that the above conduct fits...

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