Child Pornography

Tennessee & Florida Child Pornography Defense Lawyer

Exploitation of a Minor

Call 615-259-9867 in Tennessee or 305-851-7413 in Florida

Based in Nashville, Tennessee and Miami, Florida, the child pornography defense lawyer at the Law Office of Brent Horst defends clients accused of violating child pornography laws throughout Tennessee, including Knoxville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Clarksville, and Nashville, and throughout Florida, including Orlando, Tampa, and Fort Lauderdale,.

Aggressive Tennessee and Florida Child Pornography Defense Lawyer

Our aggressive child pornography defense lawyer, Brent Horst, is a former prosecuting attorney and Board Certified Criminal Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy with more than 100 criminal jury trials tried to verdict. He has more than 20 years of criminal trial experience, including defending individuals accused of committing a child pornography offense, such as:

• Exploitation of a child and sexual performance of a child constitute what is commonly known as child pornography and include the possession, distribution, or the production of movies, pictures, Internet media, or any other item depicting a child engaged in sexual activity.
• Possession of child pornography can include downloading to a computer material from Internet pay sites or from file-sharing programs.
• Distribution of child pornography can include sending files containing child pornography to other e-mail addresses or allowing people to download or view child porn from your Internet site, or uploading child porn to a Website
• Production of child pornography can include filming or photographing a minor in a sexual act or nude

Child pornography is a state and federal crime with long prison sentences for those convicted. Penalties are typically more severe for distribution or production of child pornography, but also increase with the number of images possessed. Anyone who believes they may be under investigation or may be questioned by authorities regarding the possession, distribution or production of child pornography should contact an attorney immediately.

Many make the mistake of failing to immediately consult with an attorney because they either believe that they have erased the material from their computer or because they feel there is no defense and they believe their best option is to cooperate with authorities.

Both of these assumptions are often wrong.

• The authorities now have very sophisticated forensic recovery techniques that enable them to recover items from a computer that a person believed had been deleted.
• These charges can often be defended, especially if more than one person had access to the computer or the search of the computer was not conducted properly. In order to develop a defense that has a chance of success, do not wait to seek the advice of an attorney qualified in the defense of these crimes.

For more information about the defense of child pornography and child sexual abuse charges, see my article, Ten Tips To Defending Child Sexual Abuse Allegations.

Contact a Florida and Tennessee Child Pornography Defense Lawyer

For more information about child pornography laws or for legal defense from an aggressive child pornography defense lawyer who has tried more than 100 cases to verdict and has 20 years of criminal trial experience, contact the Law Office of Brent Horst. Call 615-259-9867 in Tennessee or 305-851-7413 in Florida. Experience can make a difference.