United States v. Christopher Weast

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge.

Christopher Weast appeals his conviction for receipt and possession of child pornography, alleging four distinct constitutional violations. We AFFIRM.

I

On June 4, 2012, Fort Worth Police Department officer Randy Watkins used peer-to-peer file sharing software 1 to search for computer users sharing child pornography. Officer Watkins located an IP address 2 whose corresponding user appeared to be sharing child pornography. 3 He then used the peer-to-peer software to download six files shared by the user. The files had been stored on a computer that the user…