STATE OF MINNESOTA

IN COURT OF APPEALS

A05-460

State of Minnesota,

Respondent,

vs.

Helmut Mauer,

Appellant.

Filed January 23, 2007

Affirmed

Lansing, Judge

Hennepin County District Court

File No. 03038206

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, 1800 Bremer Tower, 445 Minnesota Street, St. Paul, MN 55101; and

Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Jean E. Burdorf, Assistant County Attorney, C-2000 Government Center, 300 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55487 (for respondent)

Michael McGlennen, 107 Second Street West, Chaska, MN 55318; and

William Gatton, 270 Grain Exchange North, 301 Fourth Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415 (for appellant)

Considered and decided by Toussaint, Chief Judge; Lansing, Judge; and Kalitowski, Judge.

S Y L L A B U S

A statute that criminalizes the possession of child pornography when the possessor has