State v. Weltzin

OPINION

DORIS 0. HUSPENI, Judge. *

In this appeal from a trial court order finding appellant Blair Christian Weltzin guilty of underage consumption in violation of Duluth, Minn., Code of Ordinances § 8-27(c) (1986), Weltzin contends that he was deprived of his right to a jury trial when the court granted the prosecution’s motion to amend its complaint to charge underage consumption in violation of the Duluth city ordinance rather than under Minn.Stat. § 340A.503, subd. 1(a)(2) (1998). Because the district court did not violate the Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure or abrogate Weltzin’s…