State v. Lopez

OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for receiving stolen property. He claims that the district court improperly denied a proposed instruction, that the evidence was insufficient to establish his guilt, that the evidence established entrapment as a matter of law, that he did not knowingly and willingly choose to represent himself, and that the prosecutor committed misconduct requiring reversal. We reverse for failure of the district court to instruct the jury on defendant’s theory of the case. We remand for a new trial, rather than dismiss the charge with prejudice, because…