United States v. Adams

Loren Adams was convicted of three counts of transportation of obscene matter by United States mail, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1461 (2006), and three counts of transportation of obscene matter for sale or distribution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1465 (2006). He received a sentence of thirty-three months’ imprisonment.

On appeal, Adams first contends that he is entitled to a new trial, as the jury failed to consider the charged material “as a whole,” as required by Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, 93 S.Ct. 2607, 37 L.Ed.2d 419 (1973). Therefore, according to Adams, the Government failed to…