STATE v. NELSON

No. A12-0071.

823 N.W.2d 908 (2012)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Larry Allen NELSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

December 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Mark A. Ostrem , Olmsted County Attorney, James P. Spencer , Senior Assistant County Attorney, Rochester, MN, for respondent.

David W. Merchant , Chief Appellate Public Defender, Sharon E. Jacks , Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by CHUTICH, Presiding Judge; HALBROOKS, Judge; and TOUSSAINT, Judge.


OPINION

HALBROOKS, Judge.

Appellant challenges his felony conviction of failing to provide care and support for his two minor children in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.375. Appellant argues that the district court (1) erred by interpreting the statute as providing that the state could obtain a conviction by proving only that he had failed to make court-ordered child-support payments and (2) abused its discretion by excluding evidence of his nonmonetary...

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