State v. Daily

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

Robert Daily appeals a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in the Superior Court, York County, convicting him of obstructing governmental administration, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 751 (1983) (Class D). He challenges the amendment of the complaint and the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction. Here, where defendant responded to the original summons spelling his last name incorrectly and appeared at his arraignment, the court acted within its discretion in allowing the State to amend the complaint to reflect the correct spelling of the defendant’s last name…