State v. Brown

The defendant, Maret Brown, appeals from a judgment issued by the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County, upon a jury conviction for felony theft as provided in section 45-6-301(3), MCA. Defendant was sentenced to eight years in the Montana State Prison with all but ninety days suspended.

This case arises out of the burglary of a mobile home owned by Robert White and located near Arlee, Montana. White had moved to Alaska with his family and left his mobile home to be sold by a real estate agent. In June 1980, the real estate agent discovered that someone had broken…