Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

State v. Clark

Montana Supreme Court

Decided November 20, 2008No. DA 07-0099Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partJustice Rice

¶49 I concur with the Court’s resolution of Issue 1 but believe the Court has erred by allowing the District Court to reopen and reconsider Clark’s sentence after remand.

¶50 The State argues that the sentencing issues Clark raised on remand, and now before us in the present appeal, are not properly before this Court because Clark did not raise them in his first appeal. According to the State, the limited purpose of our remand was for the District Court to reconsider Clark’s motion for a new trial in light of our holding in Clark I. Thus, the State argues, Clark was not entitled to challenge…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Story v. City of BozemanMontana Supreme Court · 1993
  2. State v. O'SheaCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 2001
  3. Sanders v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Zavarelli v. MightMontana Supreme Court · 1988

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