City of Red Lodge v. Nelson

¶1 Defendant William P. Nelson (Nelson) appeals from the judgment and order of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Carbon County.

¶2 We affirm.

¶3 We restate the issue as follows:

¶4 Whether the District Court abused its discretion in granting the City of Red Lodge’s motion in limine.

Standard of Review

¶5 We review a district court’s grant or denial of a motion in limine for whether the district court abused its discretion. Bramble v. State of Montana, 1999 MT 132, ¶ 16, [294 Mont. 501, ¶ 16], 982 P.2d 464, ¶ 16.

Factual and Procedural Background

¶6 Early in the morning of August 29,1997 Nelson…