State v. Lutman

—Cynthia Lutman was charged by traffic citation with (1) hit-and-run, and (2) failure to yield the right-of-way. At the conclusion of the trial in district court, both charges were dismissed, but the State was allowed to amend its complaint, and charge her with negligent driving. She was then convicted of negligent driving. She subsequently appealed her conviction of negligent driving to Superior Court wherein she again was convicted on a trial de novo. She now appeals to this court.

Issue

Did the district court err in permitting the State to amend its complaint, to charge defendant with…