United States v. Carroll, No. 16-16652 (11th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of knowingly possessing and distributing hundreds of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of minors, some of whom were less than twelve years old. The court held that defendant failed to put forth any evidence that defendant knew downloaded files were automatically placed into a shared folder accessible to the Ares peer-to-peer network. Therefore, the court reversed defendant's distribution conviction. The court affirmed the district court's denial of the motion to suppress evidence seized from defendant's home; affirmed the conviction for knowingly possessing a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct; and affirmed the application of the Guidelines enhancements for possession of more than 600 images involving the sexual exploitation of a minor under USSG 2G2.2(b)(7), some of which involved sadistic or masochistic acts and violence.
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