State v. Pence

The defendant, Ronald D. Pence, was charged by amended information, filed in the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District in Missoula County, with robbery, in violation of § 45-5-401, MCA. He pled guilty to that charge. The District Court imposed a three-year deferred sentence subject to conditions. Pence violated several of the conditions, and pursuant to a petition to revoke his deferred sentence, the District Court sentenced Pence to 40 years in prison, with 25 years suspended, and declared Pence a dangerous offender. Pence appeals the District Court’s order. We reverse the District…