People v. Barrows

Jun 5, 2000
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Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Demarest, J.), ‍​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‍rendered June 9, 1998, convicting him of promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The facts ‍​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‍of this case are fully set forth in People v Barrows (177 Misc 2d 712) and briefly restated in People v Barrows (273 AD2d 246 [decided herewith]). Contrary to the defendant’s contention, Penal Law ‍​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‍§ 263.10, as applied in this case, does not violate the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution (US Const, art I, § 8, cl [3]). The statute, which was ‍​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‍enacted to protect children from the sexual exploitation necessarily involved in the production of pornographic material, does not unduly burden interstate commerce (see, New York v Ferber, 458 US 747).

The ‍​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‍defendant’s remaining contentions are without merit. Joy, J. P., Friedmann, Goldstein and McGinity, JJ., concur.