Legal Opinion
United States v. Walter J. Kussmaul
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1993No. 92-3314PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Walter J. Kussmaul appealed his conviction on one count of causing non-mailable matter, in this case obscene pornographic videotapes, to be delivered by mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1461.
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In October 1989, using a mailing list obtained from an earlier prosecution of an adult film mail-order company, Government agents sent the appellant, Walter J. Kuss-maul, a letter in the company’s periodic mailing aimed at attracting the interest of those customers interested in child pornography. The letter informed the recipient that he could write to an…
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