State v. Winkle

¶1 Britt Winkle, Jr., pled guilty to custodial interference and the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Stillwater County, sentenced him and entered judgment. Winkle appeals. We affirm.

¶2 The issue is whether the District Court violated Winkle’s right to due process of law in sentencing him.

BACKGROUND

¶3 On August 24, 2000, Columbus, Montana, Police Officer Mike Fuss picked up a runaway 16-year-old girl from the Town Pump parking lot, where she was found with 37-year-old Winkle. The girl was taken to the Youth Detention Center in Billings, but escaped the next day. That evening, Montana…