Showing pornography or any other obscene material to someone under the age of 18 is charged as Promotion of Obscenity to a Minor in Greeley and Weld County. An Uber driver is facing these charges after three juveniles reported that he showed them a 20 second porn clip while driving them home. According to the report, an adult had requested the Uber pick up the kids after a hockey game. The juveniles claimed that during the drive home, the driver stopped in a parking lot, showed them the clip and then continued to take them home. One of the parents reported the incident and the driver was arrested for Promotion of Obscenity to a Minor.
Weld County Promotion of Obscenity to a Minor Lawyer: Definition of Promotion of Obscenity
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Obscenity, related to a minor, – C.R.S. 18-7-102(2.5)(a) – is:
(I) Promotes to a minor or possesses with intent to promote to a minor any obscene material; or
(II) Produces, presents, or directs an obscene performance involving a minor or participates in a portion thereof that is obscene or that contributes to its obscenity.
“Obscene” means material or a performance that:
(b) Depicts or describes:
(I) Patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including sexual intercourse, sodomy, and sexual bestiality; or
(II) Patently offensive representations or descriptions of masturbation, excretory functions, sadism, masochism, lewd exhibition of the genitals, the male or female genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, or covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state; and
(c) Taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
Because the driver showed the kids pornography, which depicts sexual actions and would be considered obscene under law, he was charged with this class 6 felony.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Promotion of Obscenity to a Minor, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 to schedule a free consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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