State v. Butt

Associate Chief Justice NEHRING,

opinion of the Court:

{1 Defendant Eric Butt was convicted of distributing harmful materials to a minor when he mailed rudimentary nude drawings of himself to his five-year-old daughter. On appeal, he argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction because the State presented nothing more than the drawings themselves. Due to the broad grant of discretion ceded to the jury by the sufficiency of the evidence standard and by the "harmful to minors" statute, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

1 2 Defendant was incarcerated in the San Juan County Jail on…