State v. Kuhlmann

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

In this appeal from conviction of felony domestic assault and second-degree driv ing while impaired, Brent Kuhlmann argues that because his stipulation to jury instructions without the conviction-based elements of the offenses did not include his personal, informed waiver of a jury trial on these elements, a new trial is required. Because there was no objection to the district court’s jury instructions at trial, we review the challenge on appeal under a plain-error standard. Applying the plain-error standard, we conclude that the fairness and integrity of judicial…