Ex-TSA worker wants expert testimony banned from child pornography trial
Ex-TSA worker wants expert testimony banned from child pornography trial
BRENTWOOD — A Manchester man who worked as a security officer for the Transportation Security Administration is arguing that prosecutors should not be allowed to use testimony from any experts to prove he allegedly collected child pornography.
Miguel Quinones, 38, is asking a judge to bar any testimony from investigators or state experts during his upcoming trial on 10 counts of possession of child sexual abuse images, and 10 other counts of attempted possession of child sexual abuse images.
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The case against Quinones, a former security officer for the TSA, broke open in May when he turned over a laptop and three USB drives he kept in his work locker at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.
A search of the computer hardware yielded roughly 1,000 images of child pornography, police said.
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Chadwick is also arguing that a judge should decide whether the images depict real children engaged in sexual activity. He suggested the images could amount to protected speech under the First Amendment.
Harrington said in a court motion that any question about whether the images are actually child pornography should be left to a jury.
"There is no indication that the images in this case are 'morphed,'" Harrington said in court papers. "Sexual abuse images are not protected speech."
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