relies upon that implication, contending that the late notification deprived him of the opportunity to negotiate a plea bargain with awareness of the risk of an enhanced sentence. Herrera cites no authority for the proposition that he has a right to a plea offer or plea negotiations after notice that a persistent violator enhancement has been alleged. Idaho Criminal Rule 7(e) authorizes the court to allow amendment of an information at any time before the prosecution rests “if no additional or different offense is charged and if substantial rights of the defendant are not prejudiced.” The rule’s reference to prejudice to substantial rights means prejudice to the defendant’s ability to defend against the charge. See State v. Severson, 147 Idaho 694, 709-10, 215 P.3d 414, 429-30 (2009) (<HOLDING>). Cf. State v. Allen, 145 Idaho 183, 185-86,
holding that the time to disposition is more important than time to trial holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to accept the defendants guilty pleas to two counts of the indictment and stating that even if the trial court erred the error had not prejudiced the defendant because he was found guilty by the jury of the charges to which he intended to plead and the evidence of the other crimes would have been admissible in the trial for the first degree murder charge holding defendant not prejudiced by allowing the state to amend its indictment because he had more than adequate time to prepare his defense holding that more than notice to a defendant is required recognizing the possibility that a defendant could have been prejudiced by the actual conduct of a codefendants defense