State v. Shults

¶1 This decision stems from two separate appeals consolidated for this Court’s review. In unrelated proceedings, the State charged Johnnie Albert Shults by information with escape (from Gallatin County Detention Center), a felony in violation of § 45-7-306, MCA, and theft, a felony in violation of § 45-6-301, MCA. During the theft proceeding, the State provided Shults notice of its intention to have him designated a persistent felony offender (PFO). Shults pled guilty to both charges at separate hearings before the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County. The court sentenced…