In Reid v. State, the defendant began communicating online with a police officer who was posing as a 15-year-old girl….
March 31, 2019 11th Circuit Upholds Conviction in Internet Sting CaseIn United States v. Caniff, the defendant was arrested in a sex sting operation after he began interacting on Whisper…
April 4, 2017 Court Partially Reverses Demurrers in Computer Pornography CaseThe record reflects that local police officers and the FBI placed an ad on the internet describing a lone female…
July 20, 2016 Court Finds Computer Pornography Statute ConstitutionalThe statute provides that a person “commits the offense of obscene Internet contact with a child if he or she…
February 22, 2016 Court Hears Arguments on Constitutionality of Exploitation StatuteThe defense contends that the statute is unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment. In it’s brief, the defense…
November 19, 2015 GA Supreme Court Finds Computer Pornography Indictment DefectiveThe defendant in this case was a high school employee who became Facebook friends with a 15 year-old student at…
August 13, 2015 Court Finds Indictment Sufficient in Internet Sex Sting CaseThe Court further found that a conviction for violating the Act was not void despite the fact that the jury…
August 5, 2015 Court Reiterates Definition of ‘Solicit’ in Child Exploitation CaseUsing a website called Motherless.com, the defendant contacted a person he believed to be a 39 year-old single mother who…
June 12, 2015 Supreme Court Reverses Conviction for Threatening Facebook PostsElonis was accused of making several Facebook posts styled as rap lyrics in which he wrote about killing his estranged…
August 18, 2014 GA Court of Appeals Affirms Lesser Sentence on Exploitation ChargeThe Court held that the trial court was authorized to deviate from the mandatory minimum sentence requirements because the State…
May 19, 2014 GA Court of Appeals Affirms Conviction in Craigslist Internet StingSpecifically, the defendant was found guilty of using a computer internet service to seduce or entice a person that he…
May 13, 2014 GA Supreme Court: Defendant Can be Tried on Exploitation ChargesThe record showed that the defendant communicated via internet, telephone, and text messages with who he thought was a woman…
