United States v. Grimmett

HENRY, Circuit Judge.

Stephen Grimmett appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence retrieved pursuant to a warrant to search his home based on information that he possessed and produced child pornography. Mr. Grimmett also challenges the constitutionality of one statute under which he was convicted, 18 U.S.C. § 2251, which criminalized that production of child pornography. We affirm Mr. Grimmett’s conviction and hold that § 2251 is a valid exercise of Congress’s power, and is also constitutional as applied to Mr. Grimmett.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On June 29, 2002, Mr.…