Opinion ID: 76025
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Heading: Seized Computer in Texas

Text: 2 In 2000, law enforcement officials from the police department in Corpus Christi, Texas seized a computer from a resident of Corpus Christi suspected of distributing child pornography over the Internet. The suspected individual had an account with America Online, Inc. (hereinafter AOL) and had the following electronic mail address (or screen name): youngdad37. A computer forensic specialist, employed by the police department, extracted child pornographic images from the hard drive of that individual's computer. 3 Some of the child pornographic images extracted from the seized computer — government exhibits 4A through 4K — had been exchanged between youngdad37 and another AOL user, with the screen name hello im beth. These images depict: (1) an adult male vaginally penetrating a young girl (4A; 4B); (2) minors performing oral sex on adult males (4C; 4D; 4I; 4J); (3) a minor masturbating an adult male (4E); (4) a minor lewdly and lasciviously exposing her genitalia (4F); and (5) minors engaged in sexual activities with adult males (4G; 4H; 4K).