Elton Vallare v. United States
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities
What is the unit of prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B)?
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B) provides: Any person who ... knowingly possesses, or knowingly accesses with intent to view, any book, magazine, periodical, film, videotape, computer disk, or any other material that contains an image of child pornography that has been mailed, or shipped or transported using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer, or that was produced using materials that have been mailed, or shipped or transported in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer[.] (emphasis added). The question presented is: What is the unit of prosecution under § 2252A(a)(5)(B)? No. In the Supreme Court of the United States ELTON VALLARE, PETITIONER, V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RESPONDENT PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Petitioner Elton Vallare asks that a writ of certiorari issue to review the opinion and judgment entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on April 8, 2021.