STATE v. ORSELLO

No. C2-94-1435.

529 N.W.2d 481 (1995)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Paul Edward ORSELLO, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted June 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., James B. Early, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, MN, James T. Reuter, Chisago County Atty., Center City, for respondent.

Cynthia A. Jokela, Robin Powers Kinning, Kimberly J. Nordby, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, for appellant.

Considered and decided by KALITOWSKI, P.J., LANSING and SHORT, JJ.


OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

A defendant convicted of harassment under Minn.Stat. § 609.749 challenges the denial of his motion for a new trial based on the jury instruction setting forth the requisite intent. The district court interpreted the statute to require that the state show general and not specific intent, and we affirm.

FACTS

Diane and Paul Orsello dissolved their nine-year marriage in November 1992. In June 1992, while the couple...

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