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Courtesy Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Wed, 04/22/2009 - 6:10pm

The jury instructions in U.S. v. Lori Drew read, in part :

In order for the defendant to be found guilty of the lesser crime of accessing a protected computer without authorization or in excess of authorization, the Government must prove each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt.

First, the Defendant intentionally accessed a computer without authorization or in excess of authorization.

Second, the Defendant’s accessing of that computer involved an interstate or foreign...



 

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