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October 5, 2015 Supreme Court Tosses Search Warrant in Child Pornography Case

FBI agents received information from German authorities that a certain IP address had been used to access a child pornography…

September 19, 2015 Court Finds Child Pornography Indictment to be Legally Sufficient

Moreover, the Court held that the indictment was not required to identify the names of the particular child pornography files…

May 7, 2015 Federal Court Affirms Distribution Enhancement in File Sharing Case

The defendant downloaded child pornography through a peer-to-peer file sharing program. The program creates a shared folder on a user’s…

March 23, 2015 Deliberate Ignorance Charge Erroneous in GA Child Pornography Case

The Court, however, affirmed his convictions for sexual exploitation of children, finding that the erroneous jury instruction did not rise…

January 21, 2015 Divided Court of Appeals Validates Search Warrant in Child Porn Case

The record showed that the FBI’s Safe Child Task Force received information from German authorities about an IP address from…

January 7, 2015 Court of Appeals Tosses Pornography Found During Warrantless Search of Phone

Brown was stopped for suspicion of DUI and was subsequently placed under arrest. After being placed in the patrol car,…

November 19, 2014 No Standing to Contest Search Warrant for ISP Subscriber Information

In this case, a detective from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office obtained a search warrant from the Cherokee County Magistrate…

June 30, 2014 Ex-GA Tech Professor Sentenced to Probation in Child Porn Case

Faiz Al-Khayyal was convicted following a jury trial in February. At the sentencing hearing, the defense presented the testimony of…

January 4, 2014 GA Court of Appeals: 2nd Warrant Not Required to Examine Computer

In Mastrogiovanni v. State, the Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant’s convictions for sexual exploitation of children and, in…

January 2, 2014 Defense is Entitled to Evidence in Georgia Child Pornography Cases

In a case of considerable importance to the defense of child pornography allegations in Georgia, the Court of Appeals held…

December 10, 2013 Georgia University Official Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

Jeffrey Delk, a development officer for the University of Georgia, has been arrested and charged with the possession of child…

November 27, 2013 Georgia Child Pornography Conviction Upheld by Court of Appeals

In Sorg v. State, the Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant’s conviction for sexual exploitation of children, finding the…

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