Dahl v. State
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for child abuse and lawful entry into an occupied structure, holding that Defendant waived his claim that the charge of unlawful entry did not state a criminal offense by pleading no contest to the charge.
Defendant pleaded no contest to child abuse and unlawful entry after he entered the home where his estranged wife and teenage son were residing and hit the son with a wooden shovel handle. On appeal, Defendant argued that his unlawful entry must be overturned because it did not state a criminal offense. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Defendant waived his challenge to the unlawful entry count when he pleaded no contest to the charge.
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