State v. Well

[¶ 1.] A jury found Gatluak Puot Well guilty of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon (aggravated assault) and abuse or cruelty to a minor (abuse). Well was sentenced by the court on the conviction for abuse and no sentence was entered on the conviction for aggravated assault. We affirm the conviction for abuse but remand for reconsideration of the sentence and reverse the conviction for aggravated assault as mutually exclusive.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] On March 20, 1999, Well was informed by a neighbor, Kristen Woodward, that she suspected his son, B.G., had taken video game equipment from her home.…