State v. Jama

Appellant Mohamed Musa Jama challenges his conviction for gross misdemeanor indecent exposure on the grounds that the district court committed plain error by failing to instruct the jury on the requisite intent element of the crime and that the district court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the statutory defense of voluntary intoxication and on the common-law defense of involuntary intoxication. We affirm.

FACTS

On July 5, 2015, appellant approached a family gathering in the front yard of a residence in Minneapolis, exposed his penis, and danced provocatively. Multiple family members,…