United States v. Moberg, No. 16-4295 (8th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for one count of receiving child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. The court held that the district court properly admitted defendant's statements that he viewed child pornography; even if the evidence was admitted as prior bad acts, the evidence was relevant and showed that he acted knowingly; and the evidence was sufficient to convict defendant because the existence of thumbnails was sufficient to establish possession of child pornography.
Court Description: Per Curiam - Before Smith, Chief Judge, and Kelly and Erickson, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal case. Defendant's admissions regarding his viewing of child pornography were evidence that he committed the charged offense; however, accepting for the purpose of argument defendant's position that the evidence should be treated as prior bad acts evidence under Rule 404(b), the district court did not err in admitting the admissions as it was relevant to the charged offenses and demonstrated he acted knowingly; evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for possession of child pornography as the evidence showed the thumbnails in evidence could only be created on the computer if the full-sized images had been on the computer's hard drive and even though the thumbnails could only be viewed with special software, the existence of the thumbnails was sufficient to establish possession.
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