Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Alan Thomas (94-6648) and Carleen Thomas (94-6649)
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1996No. 94-6648 and 94-6649PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMUNDS, District Judge.
Defendants Robert and Carleen Thomas appeal their convictions and sentences for violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 1462 and 1465, federal obscenity laws, in connection with their oper ation of an electronic bulletin board. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM Robert and Carleen Thomas’ convictions and sentences.
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Robert Thomas and his wife Carleen Thomas began operating the Amateur Action Computer Bulletin Board System (“AABBS”) from their home in Milpitas, California in February 1991. The AABBS was a computer bulletin board system that operated by using telephones, modems, and…
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