BISMARCK, N.D. – A conviction of a former Cass County deputy in a case involving child pornography has been upheld by the North Dakota Supreme Court. Carson Quam appealed the Cass County District Court’s decision after entering a conditional guilty plea, on the basis of the search warrant and the connection between the activity and his home. While speaking with two special agents from the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation and a Cass County Deputy Sheriff, Quam ‘volunteered he was not looking at “kiddie porn,” explaining that term meant child pornography and pornography depicting juveniles.’ Quam also contended the warrant application ‘was unsupported by probable cause, arguing Torbenson’s refusal to speak and his wife’s denials negate probable cause, and that the warrant application contained no direct evidence of CSAM possession.” “Under the totality of the circumstances, there was a sufficient nexus connecting evidence of CSAM to Quam’s residence based on the information within the four corners of the warrant application,” the Supreme Court wrote in its decision.