State v. Bertsch

OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

This appeal arises out of the convictions and sentences Joshua Stafford Bertsch received for dissemination and possession of pornographic work involving minors. Both parties petitioned this court to review a decision of the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirming the district court in part, reversing in part, and remanding for re-sentencing. We hold that Bertsch’s convictions and sentences for possession of child pornography must be vacated under Minn.Stat. § 609.04 (2004) as included offenses, that the district court did not abuse its discretion in its…