2007 Pa. Super. 256 - Commonwealth v. Diodoro’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “Was the evidence consisting of images of female children engaged in prohibited sexual acts that had been automatically saved to an internet cache file on the [ ] hard drive of [ ] appellant’s computer and [ ] appellant’s admission that he had been searching the internet to view images of females under age [sixteen] sufficient to support appellant’s conviction for knowing possession of child pornography in violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 6312(d) and for criminal use of a communication facility in violation of 18 Pa:C.S.[ ] § 7512(a)?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Diodoro

2. “[a] person commits a felony of the third degree if that person uses a communication facility to commit, cause or facilitate the commission or the attempt thereof of any crime which constitutes a felony under this title or under the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L. 233, No. 64), [35 P.S. § 780-101 et seq.], known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act. Every instance where the communication facility is utilized constitutes a separate offense under this section.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Diodoro

3. “any book, magazine, pamphlet, slide, photograph, film, videotape, computer depiction or other material depicting a child under the age of 18 years engaging in a prohibited sexual act or in the simulation of such act[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Diodoro