United States v. Martinelli

This case presents three issues of immediate importance and worldwide impact: (1) the domestic aspect of Internet transactions initiated outside the United States that result in the receipt, reproduction, or transmission of electronic images within or from discrete, electronic “space” on Internet servers located within the United States; (2) the extraterritorial application of the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 (CPPA), 18 U.S.C. § 2252A (2000), to members of the armed forces stationed overseas; and (3) the providence of a guilty plea to violations of the CPPA when the record clearly…