State v. Murray

LANSING, Judge.

After a bench trial in the magistrate division, Blaine Murray was convicted of a misdemeanor for traveling on a road that had been closed by the Forest Service. He appealed, asserting that he had been deprived of due process because the charging citation did not adequately identify the offense with which Murray was charged. The district court reversed the conviction on due process grounds and dismissed the case. The State now appeals from the district court’s decision. We affirm the district court’s dismissal order, but on the separate basis that the citation failed to charge…