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B. The person violates paragraph A and, at the time of the | offense, has one or more prior convictions for violating this | section. Violation of this paragraph is a Class B crime; |
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| C.__The person intentionally or knowingly disseminates or | possesses with intent to disseminate any book, magazine, | print, negative, slide, motion picture, videotape, computer | data file or other mechanically, electronically or | chemically reproduced visual image or material that depicts | any minor who is less than 12 years of age, who the person | knows or has reason to know is a minor less than 12 years of | age, engaging in sexually explicit conduct.__Violation of | this paragraph is a Class B crime; or |
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| D.__The person violates paragraph C and, at the time of the | offense, has one or more prior convictions for violating | this section.__Violation of this paragraph is a Class A | crime. |
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| Title 17-A, section 9-A governs the use of prior convictions when | determining a sentence. |
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| | Sec. A-5. 17 MRSA §2923, sub-§3, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, | c. 452, Pt. I, §50 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. A-6. 17 MRSA §2924, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. | I, §52 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is amended to read: |
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| | 2-A. Offense. A person is guilty of possession of sexually | explicit material if that person: |
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| A. Intentionally or knowingly transports, exhibits, | purchases or possesses any book, magazine, print, negative, | slide, motion picture, computer data file, videotape or | other mechanically, electronically or chemically reproduced | visual image or material that the person knows or should | know depicts another person engaging in sexually explicit | conduct, and: |
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| (1) The other person has not in fact attained the age | of 14 years; or |
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| (2) The person knows or has reason to know that the | other person has not attained the age of 14 years; or. |
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| Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime; |
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