Possession of Contraband

Defendant Convicted of Possession of Contraband After Forensic Analysis

Petitioner was named in a criminal indictment charging him with various counts of production and receipt of child pornography. On January 9, 2014, those charges were dismissed, and Petitioner was named in a superseding criminal indictment charging him with various counts of production and receipt of child pornography as well as various counts of conspiracy to produce child pornography and use of interstate commerce to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. ECF No. 26. On March 5, 2014, those charges were dismissed, and Petitioner was named, along with three co-defendants, in a thirty-three-count second superseding indictment. Petitioner was charged with twenty-eight of the thirty-three counts, including five counts of Conspiracy to Produce Child Pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(a) and (e); eight counts of Production of Child Pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(a); eight counts of Receipt of Child Pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(2) five counts of Use of Interstate Commerce Facility to Entice Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422(b)