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U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. 10-10550.

659 F.3d 1223 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 27, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Powell, Assistant Federal Defender, Reno, NV, for the appellant.

Carla B. Higginbotham, Assistant United States Attorney, Reno, NV, for the appellee.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON OLIVER, JR., Chief District Judge.

OPINION

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question of whether a defendant can be convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(d)(1)(A) if he does not produce the child pornography which he advertises or offers to distribute. We conclude that he can, and we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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Williams used peer-to-peer file software to post and share more than 5,000 images of prepubescent children engaged in sexually explicit...

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