State v. Davis

Defendants were charged by information filed January 31, 1977 with the crimes of attempted escape and criminal mischief, both felonies. Following a jury trial in District Court, Powell County, defendants were convicted of both offenses. They were subsequently found to be persistent felony offenders and sentenced to ten years imprisonment at Montana State Prison for attempted escape and five years imprisonment for criminal mischief, the sentences to be served consecutively. Defendants appeal the judgment and sentence.

The instant charges resulted from an attempted act of escape on the part of…