State v. Meyer

OPINION

WRIGHT, Judge.

In this appeal from a conviction of gross-misdemeanor domestic assault, appellant argues that the district court committed reversible error by (1) admitting evidence of prior domestic abuse under Minn.Stat. § 634.20 (2004); and (2) failing to instruct the jury regarding the use of such evidence. We affirm.

FACTS

On the night of June 5, 2006, security personnel at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel observed an intoxicated person, later identified as appellant Ronald Meyer, in the passenger seat of a vehicle parked under the valet canopy. After unsuccessfully attempting to ascertain…