State v. Woods

Following a jury trial in the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, defendant Jeremy Cord Woods (Woods) was found guilty of two counts of deliberate homicide, and was subsequently sentenced to two consecutive life terms at the Montana State Prison. Woods appeals.

We affirm.

Woods presents two issues for our review, restated as follows:

1. Did the District Court err in denying Wood’s pretrial motion to suppress evidence of his confession?

2. Did the District Court err in allowing Woods to proceed at trial pro se?

BACKGROUND

In July, 1994, Woods was an inmate at the Swan River…