United States v. Patrick J. Corp

OPINION

WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

Patrick J. Corp pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B), conditioned on Corp’s ability to appeal the constitutionality of his conviction. On this appeal, Corp claims that § 2252(a)(4)(B) is unconstitutional on its face because it exceeds Congress’s Commerce Clause authority, and it is also unconstitutional as applied in this case because this offense does not have a sufficient nexus with interstate commerce. For the following reasons, we find that there is an insufficient nexus between this crime…