State v. Pettitt

¶ 1. Defendant appeals from a jury verdict that he violated a temporary relief-from-abuse order and also violated conditions of release imposed in an earlier criminal case. Defendant raises two unrelated questions for review. First, he challenges the denial of his motion for mistrial. Second, he challenges the validity of one of his probation conditions. We address and affirm each issue in turn, but remand for the trial court to consider the parties’ stipulation as to defendant’s sentence.

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¶ 2. Defendant was charged with two counts arising from the same alleged incident: (1) violation of a…