State v. Park

¶1 Thomas Alan Park pled guilty in the Sixth Judicial District Court, Park County, to mitigated deliberate homicide and felony forgery. He appeals on a sentencing issue and we affirm.

¶2 The issue is whether the District Court violated the Montana Constitution’s prohibition against double jeopardy when it sentenced Park to an additional 10 years in prison for using a weapon in the mitigated deliberate homicide.

¶3 On'May 27, 1996, Park strangled and shot to death Sandra J. Keilhauer, with whom he had been living. Five days earlier, Park had forged, cashed, and deposited to his bank account…