State v. Dickens

Michael Alan Dickens (hereinafter referred to as appellant) was charged before the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District of the State of Montana, in and for the County of Cascade, with the crime of aggravated kidnapping, a felony, and of sexual intercourse without consent, a felony. A jury trial was held on April 28, 1981, and after four days of trial, the jury returned guilty verdicts on both counts.

On June 3, 1981, the court sentenced appellant to twenty years for the crime of sexual intercourse without consent; for the use of a dangerous weapon, he was given an additional…