City of Billings v. Trenka

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Defendant, Steve Trenka, was convicted in Billings police court for maintaining a public nuisance and appealed to the district court of the Thirteenth Judicial District. He was tried again before a jury with the Hon. Charles Luedke presiding, and again convicted. He was fined $300 and sentenced to 90 days in jail. He now appeals to this Court.

The alleged nuisance in this action is an old unfinished frame structure located at 515 or 517 Avenue E in the Clanton Heights addition to the City of Billings. This building was either moved…