Tennille v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

This appeal is from James Tennille’s conviction for sexual exploitation of children. A consent search of Tennille’s home produced photographs of nude young females from a user-created folder on Tennille’s computer titled “2002 side jobs and receipts.” Based on the computer photographic files, Tennille was indicted on 21 counts of sexual exploitation of children in violation of OCGA § 16-12-100 (b) (8). After denying a motion to dismiss based on the asserted unconstitutionality of the statute, the trial court conducted a bench trial at which an expert witness testified that the…