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HE reformatted, titled and hid it, it was not some "automatic download" stuff that he was unaware of.

You just don't get it. If the CDs were merely backups of the hard drive, the backup would transfer all the folders and sub-folders. Did the prosecution ever point out that the only stuff on the CDs was porn? If so, your argument has much more merit, but if not then they could just be backups that would reflect the way he organized his hard drive.

And the computer guy said that these "Attack" files had been deleted, time of attempted deletion uncertain, but that he had been able to recover them. It's not so easy to scrub a computer clean, although DW tried!

That actually cuts both ways -- DW could have just as easily deleted the files out of disgust once he saw what they were. The fact that they were named "attack" doesn't necessarily mean anything, people who post porn online use all sorts of weird titles for file names.

Sigh. There is some software out there called "evidence eliminator." I used to think it was kinda silly, because why would anyone care what used to be on your hard drive, right? Now I know why. It seems like even if you (as you said) saw it, were disgusted by it (having unknowingly downloaded it with the rest of your red-blooded male type porn) and got rid of it, it would still be there, and you'd still have someone pointing a finger at you.

I don't download porn, but lord knows what's on my 'puter cause of those van damned popup windows. I'm thinking I'm gonna get me that there Evidence Eliminator, just to be safe.