State v. Price

¶1 Chester Lawrence Price (Price) appeals his conviction in the Tenth Judicial District, Fergus County, for sexual intercourse without consent in violation of § 45-5-503, MCA. We affirm.

¶2 We review the following issue on appeal:

¶3 Did the District Court prejudice Price when it conducted eleven in-chambers conferences without Price present?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶4 Price comes before this Court for a third time. We affirmed Price’s conviction in State v. Price (Price I), 2003 MT 373N, 319 Mont. 424, 82 P.3d 37 (Table), 2003 WL 23028878. We reversed the District Court’s denial of…