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Friday, September 19, 2014

Convictions Under Pennsylvania’s Terroristic Threat Statute Are not Crimes of Violence.

Applying the holding in Descamps v. United States , 133 S.Ct. 2276 (2013), the Third Circuit held in United States v. Brown (13-4442) ...

For a Conviction of Distribution of Child Pornography Under 18 U.S.C. §2252, the Government Must Prove Images Were Downloaded or Obtained by Another Person.

The Third Circuit held in United States v. Husmann , (No. 13-2688), that in a prosecution for distribution of child pornography, the Gov...

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