United States v. Ward

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

A traffic stop led to a warrant search of Terry Lee Ward’s recreational vehicle, where police seized a computer and CDs containing thousands of images of child pornography and, in a safe, a video of a twelve-year-old girl showering and Ward drying her off with a towel. He was charged with one count of production and one count of possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a) and 2252(a)(4)(B). Following an investigation that included other conduct, Arkansas authorities charged Ward with rape; he was convicted of that charge and sentenced to life in…