State v. Lafournaise
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of sexual intercourse without consent, tampering with witnesses and informants, privacy in communications, and stalking, holding that there was no prejudicial error in the proceedings below.
At issue on appeal was whether the district court abused its discretion by allowing the State to file a third amended information in the middle of trial and whether the district court's jury instruction on consent warranted reversal for plain error. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the district court did not abuse its discretion when it allowed the State to file its third amended information mid-trial; and (2) the district court did not abuse its discretion in instructing the jury on consent.
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