State v. Nelson

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 care for his children that he intended to offer as a defense to the charge against him. Because we conclude that the district court correctly…