eBook details
- Title: United States v. Villard
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Release Date : January 19, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
Description
In this unusual case, we are called upon to decide whether the district court, following the jurys conviction of the defendant on charges of transporting child pornography across state lines, properly granted the defendants 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 who had seen the photographs. We hold that the description in this case did not constitute sufficient evidence to support a conviction for the crimes charged. Therefore, we will affirm the order of the district court.