Peterson v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice GRAVES.

On June 30, 2000, the Marshall County Sheriffs Department executed a search warrant of Appellant Charles Peterson’s residence, wherein they discovered several compact discs containing a variety of pornographic images. One disc included multiple images of children engaged in explicit sexual activity, as well as a photograph of two minors, A.D. and T.S. The sheriffs department later obtained a videotape, surreptitiously recorded by Appellant, which briefly portrayed A.D. nude as she exited the shower.

Based on this evidence, as well as the testimony of both…