State v. Bakken
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to seven counts of possession of pornographic work involving minors for downloading and saving seven pornographic images of minors engaged in sexual conduct on seven different days. Before sentencing, Defendant filed a motion arguing (1) he could only be convicted and sentenced for one count of possession for possessing the computer, and (2) his offenses were part of a single behavioral incident. The district court denied the motion. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the district court did not err in sentencing Defendant on each of the separate possession convictions, as Defendant’s sentences were completed at substantially different times, and his conduct was not motivated by an effort to obtain a single criminal objective.
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