State v. Dunsmore

¶1 Michael Dunsmore appeals from the judgment of the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County, that sentenced him to five years in the Montana State Prison (MSP) for failure to register as a sex offender, and a consecutive sentence of ten years in MSP with five years suspended for felony theft.

¶2 The issue on appeal is whether the District Court Judge was disqualified from hearing Dunsmore’s case due to personal knowledge of facts in dispute in the sentencing proceeding. We affirm.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶3 Dunsmore was charged with failure to register as a sex offender and…