State v. Snider

Justice Beth Baker delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***169¶ 1 After losing his speedy trial motion, Tyler Jack Snider pleaded guilty to two counts of felony assault with a weapon in violation of § 45-5-213, MCA, in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Musselshell County. Snider received concurrent forty-year prison sentences. He raises three issues on appeal:

1. Was Snider entitled to dismissal of all charges for lack of a speedy trial?

2. Did the District Court deny Snider due process of law during sentencing when it admitted a jailhouse informant letter into evidence and stated facts…