State v. Radi

Defendant, Gary Eugene Radi, appeals from a judgment in Sweet Grass County District Court adjudging him guilty of burglary and from an order sentencing him to 50 years in the Montana state prison as a persistent felony offender.

On September 7, 1974 the Ullman Lumber Company in Big Timber, Montana, was burglarized. Missing from the office was approximately $60 to $80 in cash and $1,100 in checks which were restrictively endorsed. The cash was never recovered, but most of the checks were recovered. Defendant was never directly connected to stolen cash or checks.

Defendant and John Michael Miner…