Jeremy Jaynes lost his appeal of his felony conviction of sending spam emails, which violated the Virginia Computer Crimes Act.  Click here to read the full opinion.

Jonathan Frieden had a good post on this, concluding that:

Legally, the opinion of the Virginia Court of Appeals is not surprising but the case is newsworthy because it is the first of its kind. Time will tell as to whether the nine-year prison sentence affirmed by the appellate court will deter other potential spammers.