Legal Opinion
United States v. Pliego
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 31, 2009No. 08-3288PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Refugio Gadea Pliego was convicted of producing child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) and (e), for secretly videotaping a sexual encounter he had with a 14-year-old boy. On appeal, Pliego argues that (1) there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s determination that he produced child pornography using materials that had traveled in interstate or foreign commerce; (2) the district court 2 erred in refusing to instruct the jury that knowledge of the victim’s age is an element of § 2251(a); (3) the district court erred in ruling that he could not…
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