Legal Opinion
State v. Cannady
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 8, 2007No. A05-811PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAGE, Justice.
After a court trial in Ramsey County District Court, appellant Scott Edward Cannady was convicted of 23 counts of possessing child pornography in violation of Minn.Stat. § 617.247, subd. 4(a) (2006), based on photographic images found on his computer. Cannady appealed his conviction, arguing that Minn.Stat. § 617.247, subd. 8 (2006), an affirmative defense provision, unconstitutionally shifts the burden of production and persuasion to the defendant on the element of age of the persons depicted in the alleged pornographic images. The court of appeals affirmed Can-nady’s…
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