State v. Montgomery

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnson, J.:

Travis A. Montgomery pled nolo contendere to and was convicted of a second drug offense that required his participation in a mandatory drug treatment program. He was sentenced to an underlying prison term of 11 months and placed on 18 months’ probation. By his own admissions, Montgomery failed to comply with the terms of his probation, prompting the district court to revoke his probation and order him to serve his 11-month prison sentence. Montgomery appealed, claiming that the district court should have imposed a different sanction for his…