{"id":619,"date":"2017-12-08T15:15:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T20:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatercriminallawyer.net\/?p=619"},"modified":"2026-01-31T09:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:15:42","slug":"constructive-possession-florida-child-pornography-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/constructive-possession-florida-child-pornography-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Constructive Possession in Florida Child Pornography Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida child pornogrphy laws can be a complicated maze, especially for someone who has never been charged with a crime before. One thing that anyone facing criminal charges in Florida \u2013 and elsewhere \u2013 should know is that the burden is at all times on prosecutors to prove that you committed the crime with which you are charged. In child pornography possession cases, for example, the authorities have to prove that the person charged actually possessed the illicit material. A recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decision<\/a> involving a Central Florida man is an example of how \u201cpossession\u201d works in the internet age. The short answer is that if you have access to electronic files, you are likely to be considered in constructive possession of them.The defendant was living in Texas when the court said he received an email containing some 20 photos of child pornography. He moved to Tampa in 2012 to work on a shrimp boat and, soon thereafter, forwarded an email containing child pornography to another acquaintance. He was later arrested and charged with possessing and transporting child pornography. He was convicted on both counts after a trial in a federal court in Florida. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n

The defendant later appealed the conviction, arguing that he should have been tried and charged in Texas, rather than Florida. He claimed the possession charge, for example, was based entirely on the email that he received while living in the Lone Star State. The Eleventh Circuit disagreed. Regardless of where he was living when he received the original email, the court said the jury could have found that he possessed other child pornography after that time, while living in Florida. He was living in Tampa when he sent at least one illicit photo, meaning that he was in possession of it in Florida at the time.<\/p>\n

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Florida child pornogrphy laws can be a complicated maze, especially for someone who has never been charged with a crime before. One thing that anyone facing criminal charges in Florida \u2013 and elsewhere \u2013 should know is that the burden is at all times on prosecutors to prove that you committed the crime with which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sex-crimes"],"yoast_head":"\nConstructive Possession Proof that Can Change a Case<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Facing sex crime charges? See how this ruling on constructive possession child pornography your defense in Clearwater. 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