Dr. Isaias Cupino (Photo courtesy Oconto County Sheriff's Office)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A federal judge ordered Friday a new trial for an Oconto Falls doctor who was convicted of producing child pornography.
In April, a jury found Isaias Cupino, 65, guilty on five counts, including three of production of child pornography. He was acquitted on three other counts.
His sentencing had been scheduled for July 30, but Cupino appealed his conviction, arguing the court erred in allowing certain evidence during the trial. In a nine-page decision issued Friday, Judge William Griesbach wrote:
Having considered the matter more fully and in light of the totality of evidence at trial, the court agrees. Dr. Cupino’s motion will therefore be granted.
A new trial date has not been scheduled.
The case began when police received a tip that child sexual abuse material had been uploaded to Facebook from a computer in Oconto Falls. A detective recognized the doctor in the video as Cupino and had reason to believe the child involved, a toddler, was in danger.
Police searched Cupino’s house and found more explicit videos depicting Cupino and the toddler, taken in Cupino’s home. He was charged in state court last August, but those counts were dismissed one month later in favor of the federal case.
According to court documents, Cupino coerced a “pre-pubescent minor” to engage in sexually explicit conduct and used a phone to capture pornographic images.
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