Posted On: October 24, 2007
EXPERT TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED TO PROVE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
United States v. Salcido (9th Cir. 10/19/07, 06-10546) 07 C.D.O.S. 12375
In this case, the Ninth Circuit holds that the Government is not required to prove that pictures introduced into eviidence in a child porn case actually depicted minors. The jury must find that the images are of actual children, not computer-generated ones.
In addition to the presenting images themselves to the jury, the police had interviewed the actual child depicted.
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