State v. Zimmerman

¶1 Donald Zimmerman appeals the sentence imposed by the Ninth Judicial District Court, Teton County, following his conviction for maintaining a public nuisance.

¶2 The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred when it required Zimmerman to remove his indoor pets from Teton County as a condition of a deferred imposition of sentence for maintaining a public nuisance.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 Zimmerman is a seventy-six-year-old Korean War veteran who lives in Great Falls, Montana, and looks after a dilapidated house in Dutton, Montana. At the time of the events involved…