Although possession of pornography in Clearwater is probably one of the most commonly charged child pornography-related offenses, a number of different types of conduct are actually unlawful in Florida, including distributing, manufacturing, producing, and transmitting child pornography.
It is also not uncommon for a person who is charged with one child pornography offense to be charged with another. For example, even showing someone else an image that satisfies the definition of child pornography can also be considered promotion.
In fact, those with three or more copies of the same image in their possession can expect to be charged not only with possession, but also with promotion, production, or even promoting the sexual performance of a child.
Under Fla. As long as a person made an offer to exchange money for sex, he or she can be charged with solicitation, even if the other party was not actually a prostitute but was involved in a sting operation. Solicitation is usually charged as a misdemeanor, but can be upgraded if the person being solicited was a minor.
These allegations are usually part of an internet sting operation, in which a police officer poses as a minor for the purposes of curtailing computer sex crime. For this reason, some defendants are able to successfully raise the defense of entrapment, which occurs when an undercover officer entices a person to commit a crime that he or she would not normally have committed.
