State v. Angotti

OPINION

LINDBERG, Judge.

The state appeals the district court’s order for a stay of adjudication of respondent Stephen Daniel Angotti’s conviction for wrongfully obtaining public assistance. Because the district court has abused its discretion by failing to articulate adequate reasons to support its stay of adjudication order, we reverse and remand.

FACTS

Respondent Stephen Daniel Angotti received public assistance from the Minnesota Family Investment Program and food stamps from May 1998 through March 2000. Angotti owns a cleaning company, which received its income through a contract with Huber…