Harrisson

People v. Harrisson

Good Law
134 Cal. App. 4th 637·2005 Cal. App. LEXIS 1851·2005 Daily Journal DAR 13770·36 Cal. Rptr. 3d 264·2005 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10068
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 30, 2005C048707California3,731 words

Opinion

Opinion

Raye, J.

After an undercover police officer posing as the father of a 12-year-old girl began conversing via computer with defendant Jeffrey Harrisson, defendant used his computer to send pornographic images to the officer. Defendant also requested a meeting with the girl for sexual purposes. Officers executed a search warrant at defendant’s residence for child pornography, confiscating four computers containing unknown quantities of child pornography. A complaint charged defendant with one count of possession of child pornography. (Pen. Code, §311.11, subd. (a).) Defendant pled no contest and received three years’ probation and 150 days in jail. In addition, as a term of probation, the court forbade defendant from accessing the Internet. Defendant appeals, contending the condition of probation precluding him from accessing the Internet is unconstitutional. We shall affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

An undercover police officer posed as the father of a 12-year-old girl and conversed with defendant online. During these communications, defendant sent pornographic images to the officer via his computer. Defendant requested a meeting so he could sleep with the…

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