Offenses Against Persons

ORS 163.670
Using child in display of sexually explicit conduct


(1)

A person commits the crime of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct if the person employs, authorizes, permits, compels or induces a child to participate or engage in sexually explicit conduct for any person to observe or to record in a visual recording.

(2)

Using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct is a Class A felony. [1985 c.557 §3; 1987 c.864 §3; 1991 c.664 §5; 2011 c.515 §2]

Notes of Decisions

“Permits” means to allow or make possible. State v. Porter, 241 Or App 26, 249 P3d 139 (2011), Sup Ct review denied

Person who participates in conduct may be observer of display of sexually explicit conduct between coparticipant and child. State v. Tyson, 243 Or App 94, 259 P3d 64 (2011), Sup Ct review denied

Defendant, who gave stickers and gum to child to persuade or influence child to be photographed, induced child under this section. State v. Smith, 261 Or App 665, 322 P3d 1129 (2014), Sup Ct review denied

Evidence of text-message conversation between defendant and child, together with evidence that defendant developed romantic relationship with child, and in context of that relationship asked child to take and send to him sexually explicit photograph is sufficient to prove that defendant “permitted” child to participate or engage in sexually explicit conduct. State v. Hunt, 270 Or App 206, 346 P3d 1285 (2015)

Observation of person’s own sexual abuse of child or person’s observation of child’s sexual or intimate parts while person is sexually abusing or preparing to sexually abuse child is incidental to crime of sexual abuse and does not constitute separate crime of using child in display of sexually explicit conduct. State v. Clay, 301 Or App 599, 457 P3d 330 (2019)

Person that visually records child’s sexually explicit conduct does not commit violation if person does not “permit” child’s conduct. State v. Cazee, 308 Or App 748, 482 P3d 140 (2021)


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