Legal Opinion

State v. Watts

Montana Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 1986No. 85-473PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt

Charles Watts, Jr. appeals the order of the District Court of the First Judicial District revoking Watts’ previously suspended sentence arising from an earlier guilty plea to the felony offense of sexual intercourse without consent.

Affirmed.

The issues we are called upon to decide are:

1. Whether defendant’s constitutional rights under Art. II, Section 24 of the Montana Constitution were violated when the State, after filing charges of aggravated kidnapping and assault, elected to dismiss those charges and proceed on a revocation of parole of defendant’s suspended sentence.

2. Whether the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Roberts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. State v. OppeltMontana Supreme Court · 1979
  3. State v. RobinsonMontana Supreme Court · 1980
  4. State v. RyanMontana Supreme Court · 1975

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. HaagensonMontana Supreme Court · 2010
  2. State v. BoultonMontana Supreme Court · 2006
  3. State Ex Rel. Great Falls Tribune Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1989
  4. State v. Leslie Jon ClaassenMontana Supreme Court · 2012
  5. State v. RogersMontana Supreme Court · 1994

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