State v. Michael Jay Freitas

MELANSON, Judge.

Michael Jay Freitas appeals from the district court’s order, entered in its intermediate appellate capacity, affirming Freitas’s judgment of conviction for transferring water in violation of Spirit Lake City Ordinance 7-4-10. Freitas specifically alleges that the ordinance is unconstitutional and that the district court erred in affirming his judgment of conviction despite various asserted errors by the magistrate. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Freitas was cited for providing water to a neighbor’s residence in violation of Spirit Lake City…