Court: the sex may be legal, but pictures aren't
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court says a grown man didn't break the law by having sex with a 17-year-old girl, but he did when he took pictures of the act.
The court said Thursday that the pictures are child pornography.
The ruling comes in a Stephenson County case involving a man named Marshall Hollins. He admitted having sex with a girl under age 18 and taking pictures with his cell phone. He was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
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