Legal Opinion

State v. Baker

Montana Supreme Court

Decided October 21, 1999No. 99-299PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage

¶ 1 Loren Robert Baker, appearing pro se, filed a motion for modification of sentence in the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, requesting that the ten-year weapon enhancement portion of his sentence be struck in light of our decision in Guillaume. The District Court denied his motion. We consider his motion as a petition for postconviction relief and dismiss his appeal as barred under the pre-1997 version of § 46-21-102, MCA.

¶2 The following two issues are dispositive of this appeal:

¶3 1. Whether Baker’s motion for modification of sentence is time-barred as a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. GuillaumeMontana Supreme Court · 1999
  2. State v. BakerMontana Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Dahlman v. Dist. Ct., Seventeenth Jud. Dist.Montana Supreme Court · 1985
  4. State v. NicholsMontana Supreme Court · 1999
  5. State v. HowardMontana Supreme Court · 1997

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ellenburg v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 2013
  2. State v. CollinsMontana Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Johnson v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 2013
  4. State v. BergMontana Supreme Court · 2016
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