Moore v. State

BOLGER, Judge.

James C. Moore was convicted of two counts of online enticement of a minor and one count of distribution of indecent material to a minor. The charges arose out of Moore’s online chat room interactions with Anchorage police officers posing as fourteen-year-old girls. Moore told two chat room characters to masturbate for him (the online enticement charges), and he allowed another of the characters to watch a web camera video of him masturbating (the distribution charge).

While Moore’s appeal was pending, the federal district court struck down the distribution of indecent material…