Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert David Villard
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 19, 1989No. 88-5982PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
COWEN, Circuit Judge.
In this unusual case, we are called upon to decide whether the district court, following the jury's conviction of the defendant on charges of transporting child pornography across state lines, properly granted the defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal. The specific issue is whether sufficient evidence was presented to allow the jury to determine that what the defendant transported was actually child pornography, given that the photographs at issue were unavailable and the only evidence as to their contents consisted of the testimony of a witness…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United States v. DostDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1986
- United States v. Edwin E. WiegandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Richard BeckCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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