State v. Hardground

Justice James Jeremiah Shea delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***105¶1 Terrence Felix Hardground appeals from the jury verdict and sentence of the Seventeenth Judicial District Court, Blaine *712County, for Failure of Sexual Offender to Provide Notice of Change of Residence.

¶2 We review the following issue on appeal and reverse:

Whether the District Court abused its discretion by granting the State's Motion to Amend the Information on the day of trial, immediately prior to opening statements.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶3 On September 2, 2014, the State initially charged Hardground by…