United States v. Villard

' OPINION

RODRIGUEZ, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This opinion addresses the novel issue of whether a defendant was properly convicted of transporting child pornography across state lines, where the jury did not have the benefit of viewing the visual depictions in question. To paraphrase an old adage, this court must decide whether somewhat less than a thousand words (in the form of testimony by a government witness) can take the place of a picture.

II. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On September 3, 1987, a federal Grand Jury indicted Robert David Villard on three counts. Count One alleged that…