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People v. Kent

A court case in which the New York Court of Appeals held that automatic caching alone is legally insufficient to prove knowing possession without affirmative acts.

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Jan 25, 2026
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What legal standards determine 'possession' of illegal images stored as browser cache or thumbnails?

Courts and commentators treat and not as automatic criminal “” but as forensic facts that must be linked to a defendant’s knowledge, control, or affirmative acts; ’s highest court held passive caching...

Jan 8, 2026

How have courts ruled on cached or temporary files as evidence of possession of illegal images?

Courts are sharply split on whether files found only in a browser cache or temporary folders prove criminal possession of illegal images: many jurisdictions treat cached files as circumstantial eviden...