Legal Opinion
United States v. Edwin E. Wiegand
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1987No. 86-5213PublishedCited by 211 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOONAN, Circuit Judge:
Edwin Emil Wiegand of Oceanside, California appeals his conviction under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251 and 2252 of the sexual exploitation of children and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 371 of conspiracy to exploit children. His offense was to pose two girls, one aged 17, one aged 10, for photographs focused on their genitalia. He challenges both the warrant which led to the material that resulted in his conviction and the meaning of “lascivious” as used in the statute and interpreted by the district court.
On December 7, 1985 George A. Runkle, Jr., a special agent of the Federal…
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