Legal Opinion
United States v. Matthew Bryan Caniff
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 15, 2019No. 17-12410PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge:
In this direct criminal appeal, Defendant Matthew Caniff challenges his convictions for three federal child sex offenses. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we AFFIRM each conviction. In doing so, we hold, among other things, that Caniff's text messages asking a person he thought was a minor to send him sexually explicit pictures of herself can support a conviction for making a "notice" to receive child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(d)(1)(A).
I. BACKGROUND
The evidence at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict, see United…
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