The facts are not in dispute. Defendant has a history of violent behavior, threats, and alcohol abuse. Ten days later, the Caledonia Family Court held a hearing at which both parties were present. The court issued an extended temporary order for relief from abuse and caused it to be served on defendant at the hearing. The order included the same requirement of staying away from Karen Crown or her residence although it allowed defendant to be within 500 feet of the residence for purposes of visitation.
Defendant is illiterate.
After the family court hearing, defendant's sister read the contents of the extended order to him, but defendant claims that his sister failed to read the section that prohibits him from going within 500 feet of Karen Crown's residence. Karen Crown returned home, and defendant promptly left. When later interviewed by a state trooper, defendant told the officer that he knew of the 500 foot restriction, but did not specify whether he understood himself to be restricted from Karen Crown, or the residence, or both. This appeal followed. Defendant's first contention is that because the State did not produce evidence that he had knowledge of the contents of the order, it did not prove all elements of the crime.