Andrew Ryan Daily v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Andrew Ryan Daily asked the Supreme Court to review whether federal law permits criminal penalties when a person uses an object that once crossed state lines to create an illegal image, and whether a later appeals-court decision called for another look at his case.
- Who it affects
- Daily did not receive Supreme Court review; the Court did not decide whether federal law covers the conduct raised in his petition.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide those questions.
Daily also asked the justices to send his case back for another look, arguing that a later appeals-court decision undercut the Fifth Circuit panel's reasoning.
Question presented
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) and the Commerce Clause authorize criminal penalties any time a defendant uses an object that once crossed state lines to create an illegal image. 2. Whether at a minimum this Court should grant, vacate, and remand for re-consideration because of an intervening circuit decision that invalidates the premise on which the panel opinion below relies.
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- Did the Court send Daily's case back for another look?
- No; the Court's order did not send the case back to the Fifth Circuit.
Sources
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