City of Helena v. Parsons

¶22 The Municipal Court properly excluded Parsons's requested jury instruction regarding § 46-6-502, MCA, because the statute has no application to the facts of this case. Read in its entirety, the plain language of the statute provided Parsons with no authority to inject himself into an active police pursuit by creating a roadblock. Parsons was allowed to challenge the mental state requirements of the charged offenses-as he did-by arguing that he thought he was assisting law enforcement and protecting the public. But he was not entitled to have ***96a jury instruction or to have the trial…