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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Easter finds the lower court improperly denied defendant’s motion for a new trial. Defendant was convicted of custodial interference and sentenced to two years supervised probation. The indictment failed to include language pertaining to the expiration of the visitation period of the noncustodial parent, which the instant court finds to be an essential element of the charge of custodial interference. The lower court also modified the jury instructions lowering the state’s burden of proof. The lower court erred by removing an essential element of the alleged offense, modification of the jury instructions was an act of constitutional error, and the instant court finds defendant’s behavior does not fall under the definition of the offense of custodial interference; her conviction is reversed. Vacated.