State v. Keys

¶1 On October 7, 1996, Michael Lee Keys was charged by information in the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County, with felony theft in violation of § 45-6-301(l)(c), MCA. Keys pled not guilty on October 17, 1996. On June 9, 1997, Keys entered an Alford plea pursuant to a plea agreement. On June 26, 1997, the District Court ordered that Keys’ sentence be deferred for six years, two years longer than Keys had agreed to in the plea agreement. On July 3, 1997, Keys filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The District Court denied the motion on February 26, 1998. Keys filed a notice…