Legal Opinion
United States v. Poulin
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 7, 2011No. 10-1126PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Daniel Poulin was convicted after a bench trial for the production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a). Poulin challenges his conviction on two grounds. First, he asserts that § 2251(a) is unconstitutional as applied to him because his conduct was purely personal and did not have a substantial effect on interstate commerce. Second, he argues that the evidence against him was insufficient to sustain a conviction because the government failed to show that he “produced” sexually explicit images of a minor using materials that traveled…
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