Opinion ID: 2818183
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Other Users' Access to Figueroa's Computer

Text: Figueroa argues that the child pornography found on his computer could have been downloaded by a number of people to whom he afforded access or even by an unknown party capable of breaking into his home router signal. Figueroa testified, however, that he was the primary user of the computer located in his bedroom and that he downloaded LimeWire. Figueroa acknowledged that he likely downloaded and viewed more than 100 videos and 100 images of child pornography after he installed LimeWire on his computer: MS. HERNANDEZ: So how many other child pornography images or videos did you download into your computer that you had to erase? FIGUEROA: Well, when I would check them and see that I had downloaded child pornography, I would erase them. It was a good amount. MS. HERNANDEZ: So how many videos would you say that you downloaded? FIGUEROA: I don't know a specific number, but it was a good amount. . . . MS. HERNANDEZ: And you admit, then, that you have downloaded child pornography through LimeWire? FIGUEROA: Admitting in the sense that I didn't know what I was downloading, and then I would observe it and would see child pornography, I would erase it. MS. HERNANDEZ: So how many other videos of child pornography have you seen, other than -16- the ones that we found in your computer now, that you deleted? . . . More than one hundred? FIGUEROA: Yes, but that doesn't mean that I would see the entire video. In addition, all of the child pornography videos found on Figueroa's computer were saved to the computer's C drive in a file titled Documents and Settings\ Alejandro\My Documents\ LimeWire\ Incomplete and all of the still images were saved to the folder Alejandro\ My Documents\ LimeWire\ Saved folder. From this evidence a rational jury could conclude that it was Figueroa, not one of his friends or an unknown user, who downloaded the files. See United States v. Koch, 625 F.3d 470, 478 (8th Cir. 2010) (stating that a conviction was supported by the fact that user names on both the computer and flash drive [on which child pornography were found] were variations on [the defendant's] first name). Moreover, Agent Colón testified that Figueroa used his personal email address to chat on the computer within minutes of the creation of child pornography files. Furthermore, multiple child pornography files were created on the computer at times between 4:00 a.m. and 4:30 a.m, suggesting that Figueroa himself downloaded the files. See United States v. Salva-Morales, 660 F.3d 72, 75 (1st Cir. 2011) (per curiam) (asserting that because downloaded child pornography files were accessed between 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m., it is a reasonable inference that [the defendant] was the one accessing the files at these times). Figueroa admitted that the room in which the Compaq -17- Presario desktop computer was found was his bedroom. There was no evidence that anyone else slept in the room or was present during the early morning hours. Figueroa argues that the time at which the files were downloaded is irrelevant because when files are selected as part of a bulk download, LimeWire cannot begin all the downloads simultaneously. He contends that files that were downloaded at 4:00 a.m. could have been selected early during the day but downloaded at a later time. Figueroa presented no evidence at trial to suggest that LimeWire files selected for download do not begin to download immediately. In fact, Agent Colón testified that a Limewire file begins to download the moment the user selects the file for download. The jury was permitted to accept as true Agent Colón's testimony.