Legal Opinion
State v. Waters
Montana Supreme Court
Decided September 28, 1999No. 98-087PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
¶ 1 Christopher M. Waters (Waters) appeals from the Sentencing Order of the Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Rosebud County. We reverse and remand.
Issues Presented
¶2 There are two issues on appeal:
¶3 (1.) Does the new judicial rule that oral pronouncement of sentence is the legally effective judgment apply retroactively to Waters’ appeal?
¶4 (2.) Do the extra conditions imposed in the written Sentencing Order conflict with the oral pronouncement of sentence?
Factual and Procedural Background
¶5 Waters and his common law wife, April King, moved from Texas to Forsyth, Montana, in 1997. The State…
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