State v. Nelson

Defendant was charged by information filed in the District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District of the State of Montana, in and for the County of Flathead, with the offense of aggravated assault. During his arraignment, defendant pleaded guilty to the charge. The plea was accepted at a later hearing held to determine the facts which were the basis of the guilty plea. Subsequently, the District Court ruled that the mandatory minimum two-year sentence provision of section 45-5-202(2), MCA, applied, and the criteria for the exceptions to the mandatory two-year sentence found in section…