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Respondent State of Minnesota charged appellant Mohamed Musa Jama with gross misdemeanor indecent exposure in violation of Minn. Stat. \xa7 617.23, subd. 2(1) (2016), which prohibits a person from willfully and lewdly exposing the person\u2019s private parts in the presence of a minor under the age of 16. Jama pleaded not guilty to the charge. The district court denied Jama\u2019s request to present the statutory defense of voluntary intoxication and the common-law defense of involuntary intoxication. A jury found Jama guilty as charged. On appeal, appellant argued that the district court erred when it determined that the offense of indecent exposure is a general-intent crime and failed to instruct the jurors on his intoxication defenses. The court of appeals affirmed.\n\nOn appeal to the supreme court, the issues presented are (1) whether the offense of indecent exposure is a general-intent crime; and (2) whether the district court committed reversible error in its jury instructions. (Hennepin County)