United States v. Roderick

62 M.J. 425 (2006)

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United States v. Roderick

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
62 M.J. 425 (2006)

Facts

Staff Sergeant Casey Roderick (defendant), the single father of two young daughters, agreed to babysit a friend’s two children for the weekend. After the visit, one of the children, eight-year-old SKA, reported that Roderick had sexually abused her and that he had taken inappropriate photos of her. A search of Roderick’s home revealed photographs and other media depicting suspected child pornography. A military judge sitting alone as a general court-martial found Roderick guilty of multiple offenses, including one specification of using his daughter, CMR, to create sexually explicit photos. Roderick’s defense counsel asked the military judge to make special findings of fact regarding the specification. In his special findings, the military judge identified three photos of CMR as sexually explicit. The photos depicted CMR fully or partially nude but did not depict her genitals or pubic area. The United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction. Roderick appealed, arguing that the photos did not depict sexually explicit conduct as defined by the relevant federal statute and were therefore legally insufficient to support his conviction.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Erdmann, J.)

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