STATE v. WHISTLEMAN

No. 00-2906-CR.

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247 Wis.2d 337 (2001)

2001 WI App 189

633 N.W.2d 249

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James W. WHISTLEMAN, Defendant-Respondent.

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Submitted on briefs June 11, 2001.

Decided July 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of James E. Doyle, Attorney General, and Daniel J. O'Brien, Asst. Attorney General.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Michael J. Devanie of La Crosse.

Before Dykman, P.J., Vergeront and Deininger, JJ.

¶ 1. VERGERONT, J.

The issue on this appeal is whether possession of a computer disk that stores images of child pornography is a violation of WIS. STAT. § 948.12 (1999-2000),1 which provides:

Possession of child pornography. Whoever possesses any undeveloped film, photographic negative, photograph, motion picture, videotape or other pictorial reproduction or audio recording of a child engaged in sexually...

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