Legal Opinion

United States v. Grimes

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 14, 2001No. 00-40495PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Jeffrey Grimes appeals his conviction of possession of child pornography under 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(4)(B). 1 He challenges the results of his jury trial on four fronts: that the evidence was insufficient; that the district court instructed the jury, as a matter of law, to find a fact essential to conviction; that the search and seizure of his computer violated his Fourth Amendment rights; and that the district court abused its discretion in admitting into evidence the contents of two sexually-explicit narratives. While disagreeing with Grimes on the first three…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Connecticut National Bank v. GermainSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. United States v. JacobsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. New York v. FerberSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. United States v. Orange Jell BeechumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by61 opinions

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