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Code · Connecticut · Title 53a — Penal Code · CHAPTER 952* — Penal Code: Offenses

Sec. 53a-196d. Possessing child sexual abuse material in the first degree: Class B felony.

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(a)A person is guilty of possessing child sexual abuse material in the first degree when such person knowingly possesses
(1)fifty or more visual depictions of child sexual abuse material, or
(2)one or more visual depictions of child sexual abuse material that depict the infliction or threatened infliction of serious physical injury, or
(A)a series of images in electronic, digital or other format, which is intended to be displayed continuously, consisting of two or more frames, or a film or videotape, consisting of two or more frames, that depicts
(i)more than one child engaging in sexually explicit conduct, or
(ii)more than one act of sexually explicit conduct by one or more children, or
(B)any combination of a
(i)series of images in electronic, digital or other format, which is intended to be displayed continuously,
(ii)film, or
(iii)videotape, which series, film or videotape each consists of two or more frames and depicts a single act of sexually explicit conduct by one child.
(b)In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the acts of the defendant, if proven, would constitute a violation of section 53a-196h .
(c)Possessing child sexual abuse material in the first degree is a class B felony and any person found guilty under this section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which five years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court.
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