Legal Opinion
United States v. Maxwell
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 1, 2004No. 03-14326PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
A jury found James Maxwell guilty of two counts of knowingly possessing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B).1 As a jurisdictional el*1045ement of the offense, the statute required the Government to prove that the child pornography, or at least the material that produced it, traveled in interstate commerce. At Maxwell’s trial, the Government did not establish that the child pornography moved across state lines. Consequently, its case relied on establishing that the images were produced by materials that did.
Maxwell appeals his convictions on four…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- United States v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by38 opinions
- United States v. RiccardiCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
- United States v. Timothy ChambersCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- United States v. Alvin SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
- United States v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
- United States v. Michael PetersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
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