Having possession of child pornography is charged as Sexual Exploitation of a Child in Greeley and Weld County. A teacher was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing child porn. According to the report, law enforcement had located a computer that was actively downloading child pornography. The investigation led to the teacher, who was found in possession of sexually explicit videos of children along with a video of himself masturbating at the school where he was teaching. Sexual Exploitation of a Child is a serious felony sex offense in Colorado.
Weld County Child Pornography Lawyer: Definition of Sexual Exploitation of a Child in Morgan County
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Sexual Exploitation of a Child – C.R.S. 18-6-403(3) – is:
(a) Causes, induces, entices, or permits a child to engage in, or be used for, any explicit sexual conduct for the making of any sexually exploitative material; or
(b) Prepares, arranges for, publishes, including but not limited to publishing through digital or electronic means, produces, promotes, makes, sells, finances, offers, exhibits, advertises, deals in, or distributes, including but not limited to distributing through digital or electronic means, any sexually exploitative material; or
(b.5) Possesses or controls any sexually exploitative material for any purpose; except that this subsection (3)(b.5) does not apply to law enforcement personnel, defense counsel personnel, or court personnel in the performance of their official duties, nor does it apply to physicians, psychologists, therapists, or social workers, so long as such persons are licensed in the state of Colorado and the persons possess such materials in the course of a bona fide treatment or evaluation program at the treatment or evaluation site; or
(c) Possesses with the intent to deal in, sell, or distribute, including but not limited to distributing through digital or electronic means, any sexually exploitative material; or
(d) Causes, induces, entices, or permits a child to engage in, or be used for, any explicit sexual conduct for the purpose of producing a performance.
Possession of child pornography is charged under part b.5 and is a class 5 felony unless there are more than 20 different videos or pictures. Then, it is charged as a class 4 felony.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Possession of Child Pornography or Sexual Exploitation of a Child, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 today. Together, we can protect your future.
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