State v. Bradford

James Andrew Bradford and David Allen Oppelt were convicted of criminal mischief, criminal trespass to vehicles, attempt, and felony theft by a jury in the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County. Only defendant Oppelt appeals his conviction. We affirm.

At approximately 5:00 a.m. on August 9, 1982, the night clerk at the Heritage Inn in Great Falls received a phone call from a guest who had just observed two persons breaking into a vehicle located on the Inn’s parking lot. The clerk immediately notified Roy Cisneros, a private security guard employed by the Inn, and the…