Legal Opinion

City of Helena v. O'Connell

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 20, 2019No. DA 17-0440PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Justice Ingrid Gustafson delivered the Opinion of the Court.

*319***180¶1 Defendant Kristi Anne O'Connell appeals from a First Judicial District Court order upholding the denial of her motion to dismiss her driving under the influence charge. We affirm.

¶2 We restate the issue on appeal as follows:

Whether the District Court correctly upheld the Municipal Court's denial of O'Connell's motion to dismiss her driving under the influence charge as violative of her statutory protection against multiple prosecutions and her constitutional protection against double jeopardy.

***181FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Booth v. Montana Twenty-First Judicial DistrictMontana Supreme Court · 1998
  2. State v. CechMontana Supreme Court · 2007
  3. State v. B. DaffinMontana Supreme Court · 2017
  4. City of Missoula v. DuaneMontana Supreme Court · 2015
  5. City of Missoula v. IosefoMontana Supreme Court · 2014

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3Cited by2 opinions

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  2. State v. FrisciaMontana Supreme Court · 2026

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