STATE v. WATKINS

No. A11-1793.

820 N.W.2d 264 (2012)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. George Cornelius WATKINS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

September 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Michael O. Freeman , Hennepin County Attorney, Linda K. Jenny , Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

David W. Merchant , Chief Appellate Public Defender, Steven P. Russett , Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by RODENBERG, Presiding Judge; STAUBER, Judge; and CLEARY, Judge.


OPINION

STAUBER, Judge.

Appellant challenges his conviction on two counts of violation of a domestic abuse no-contact order (DANCO), arguing that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the convictions and that the district court committed plain error by failing to instruct the jury that the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant "knowingly violated" the DANCO in order to convict him. Appellant also challenges the calculation of his criminal...

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