State v. Williams, 232 N.C. App. 152 (Jan. 21, 2014)

(1) Deciding an issue of first impression the court held that the act of downloading an image from the Internet constitutes a duplication for purposes of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor under G.S. 14-190.17. (2) The court rejected the defendant’s argument that in third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor cases, the General Assembly did not intend to punish criminal defendants for both receiving and possessing the same images.