¶ 1 Except in limited circumstances, a criminal charge may not be amended after the State has rested its case. Here, the trial court permitted the State, after resting its case, to amend the information charging Lindy Deer with rape of a child in the third degree. Neither circumstance in which such an amendment is permitted was extant. Accordingly, we reverse and remand with instructions to dismiss the case...
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