California Court of Appeal: Probation Condition Prohibiting Possession of Pornography Impermissibly Vague by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, held that a probation condition prohibiting possession of pornographic materials was impermissibly vague. Michael Gruis pleaded no contest to one count of possession …

Arkansas Supreme Court Reverses 11 Counts of Possession of Child Pornography Because CGI Images Do Not Depict Image of a Child by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Arkansas reversed the convictions against Jeremey Lewis on 11 counts of “distributing, possessing or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit …

Fourth Circuit: Conditions of Release Banning Internet Access and Legal Pornography Overbroad and Not Reasonably Related by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina’s special conditions of release that banned …