State v. Phillips

¶1 Lee Hunter Phillips appeals the judgment of the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, following his felony conviction of criminal production or manufacture of dangerous drugs in violation of §45-9-110, MCA (2009).

¶2 Phillips raises two issues on appeal:

¶3 1. Whether the District Court erred in denying Phillips’s motion to suppress evidence.

¶4 2. Whether the District Court’s imposition of the cost of court-appointed counsel is illegal.

¶5 We affirm the conviction and reverse and remand for correction of the sentence.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶6 On the morning of October 15,…