Legal Opinion

State v. Spreadbury

Montana Supreme Court

Decided July 26, 2011No. DA 10-0619PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker

¶1 Michael Spreadbury pled no contest to a charge of felony intimidation. He appeals from the resulting judgment entered against him in the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County. We affirm.

¶2 We restate the issue as whether Spreadbury waived the right to raise a probable cause challenge when he entered his no contest plea without reserving the issue for appeal.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 The State of Montana’s affidavit in support of the motion for leave to file an information against Spreadbury alleged that, on November 4, 2009, Spreadbury approached and threatened…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. United States v. CottonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Ex Parte SeymourSupreme Court of Alabama · 2006
  5. United States v. Jacobo CastilloCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007

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