State v. Openshaw

Defendants appeal from the judgment of the district court, Yellowstone County, which denied defendants’ motion to reinstate their not guilty pleas and deferred defendants’ sentence for one year upon the condition defendants serve one year in the Yellowstone County jail, while participating in a work release program.

On October 20, 1975, the Yellowstone County attorney filed an Information charging defendants with theft of a Black Angus steer, in violation fo section 94-6-302(1), R.C.M.1947. Defendants were taken into custody and, after pleading not guilty to the offense as charged, released on…