State v. Guerra

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

A jury found Javier Guerra guilty of possession of stolen firearms but acquitted him of two counts of possession of a short-bar-relled shotgun. Guerra appeals his conviction, arguing that the complaint charged only possession of three shotgun and that a mid-trial reinterpretation of the complaint imper-missibly amended the charge by allowing the state to prosecute possession of seven handguns from an incident a month earlier. We agree that the recast complaint charged a different offense and also prejudiced Guerra’s substantial rights.

FACTS

Javier Guerra was charged with…