State v. Strane

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Patrick Strane was charged with violating a domestic violence protective order after police found him driving in a car with D.A., who had recently obtained an order prohibiting Strane from having contact with her. Strane claimed to have acted under the belief that the order would not apply if D.A. consented to the contact. But the district court precluded Strane from asserting this belief at trial, ruling as a matter of law that D.A.’s conduct had no effect on the protective order’s requirements and that Strane’s mistaken belief to the contrary was not a…