United States v. Silva, No. 14-1764 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of receipt and possession of child pornography. The First Circuit affirmed, holding (1) the child pornography statutes under which Defendant was charged were not unconstitutionally vague; (2) the district court properly rejected Defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence before the grand jury regarding one count of the indictment; (3) the district court did not abuse its discretion in barring the testimony of Defendant’s proposed expert witness and in instructing the jury; and (4) there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions, and therefore, the district court did not err in denying Defendant’s motion for a judgment of acquittal.
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.