Legal Opinion
State v. Roundstone
Montana Supreme Court
Decided September 14, 2011No. DA 10-0402PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rice
¶1 Jule Roundstone appeals from the denial of his motion to dismiss and the sentence for felony escape imposed by the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County. We affirm. We address the following issues:
¶2 I. Did the District Court err by denying Roundstone’s motion to dismiss?
¶3 II. Is § 45-7-306, MCA, void for vagueness as applied to Roundstone?
¶4 III. Did the prosecution violate Roundstone’s due process rights by seeking an unusually severe sentence?
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶5 In 2006, Roundstone was convicted of assault with a weapon and sentenced to a five-year…
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