Legal Opinion

State v. Joseph Morrison

Montana Supreme Court

Decided January 22, 2008No. DA 06-0262PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rice

*148¶1 Appellant Joseph Curtis Morrison (Morrison) appeals from the order of the Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Rosebud County, revoking his suspended sentence. We affirm.

¶2 We address the following issue:

¶3 Did the District Court have jurisdiction to consider and grant the State’s petition to revoke Morrison’s five-year suspended sentence prior to Morrison beginning to serve the five-year suspended sentence?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶4 On January 10,2005, Morrison entered a plea agreement whereby he pled guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol, his fourth or subsequent…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. AdgersonMontana Supreme Court · 2003
  2. State v. SullivanMontana Supreme Court · 1982
  3. In the Matter of RatzlaffMontana Supreme Court · 1977
  4. State v. RichardsonMontana Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Christofferson v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. PassmoreMontana Supreme Court · 2010
  2. State v. MontgomeryMontana Supreme Court · 2010
  3. State v. StiffarmMontana Supreme Court · 2011
  4. State v. HaagensonMontana Supreme Court · 2010
  5. State v. James HendershotMontana Supreme Court · 2009

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