State v. Butler

On August 18, 1992, the State charged defendant Bruce Eugene Butler (Butler) by information in the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, with one count of sexual assault, a felony. Butler initially pleaded not guilty to the charge but subsequently entered an Alford plea. Upon the State’s recommendation, the District Court suspended Butler’s sentence subject to court-ordered conditions. Alleging numerous violations of the conditions, the State filed a petition to revoke Butler’s suspended sentence. Following the State’s second petition to revoke Butler’s suspended sentence, the…