Legal Opinion
United States v. McCloud
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 29, 2009No. 09-1520PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Donnell McCloud was convicted of three counts of producing child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a), for taking photographs of three minor females engaged in sexually explicit conduct. McCloud raises five arguments for reversal, which include his argument that the government failed to prove that he produced the images and four arguments challenging the constitutionality of § 2251(a). For the reasons discussed below, we reject McCloud’s arguments and affirm the judgment of the district court. 1
I. Background
In 2008, the St. Louis Police Department executed a…
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