State Ex Rel. Woodbury v. Dist. Cou

CourtMontana Supreme Court
DecidedApril 12, 1972
Docket12250
StatusPublished

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State Ex Rel. Woodbury v. Dist. Cou, (Mo. 1972).

Opinion

No. 12250

I N THE SUPREME C U T O THE STATE O M N A A OR F F OTN

T E STATE O MONTANA ex re1 H F BRIAN EDWARD WOODBURY,

Relator,

THE DISTRICT C U T O T E THIRTEENTH OR F H JUDICIAL DISTRICT O T E STATE O M N A A F H F OTN,

Respondent.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING:

Counsel o f Record:

For R e l a t o r :

John L. Adams argued, B i l l i n g s , Montana.

For Respondent :

Montana . Hon. Robert L. Waodahl, Attorney General, Helena,

David V. Gliko, A s s i s t a n t Attorney General, argued, Hele n a y Montana. Harold I?. Hanser, County Attorney, argued, B i l l i n g s , Montana.

Submitted: A p r i l 10, 1972

Decided:AP~ 1 3 1972 M r . J u s t i c e Wesley C a s t l e s d e l i v e r e d t h e Opinion of t h e Court.

This i s a n o r i g i n a 1 proceeding seeking a p o s t - c o n v i c t i o n

h e a r i n g under t h e terms of s e c t i o n 95-2601, R.C.M. 1947, by a

defendant who claims s e n t e n c e was imposed i n v i o l a t i o n of t h e

laws of t h i s s t a t e and seeks c o r r e c t i o n of t h a t s e n t e n c e .

Defendant, r e l a t o r h e r e , on March 1, 1972, was convicted

i n t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t of t h e t h i r t e e n t h j u d i c i a l d i s t r i c t , county

of Yellowstone, of t h e crime of c r i m i n a l s a l e of dangerous d r u g s .

Such c o n v i c t i o n a r o s e out of t h e e n t r y of a g u i l t y plea t o t h e

charge by t h e defendant. The c o u r t ordered t h e imposition of

s e n t e n c e upon defendant be s t a y e d f o r a p e r i o d of two y e a r s upon

a c o n d i t i o n t h a t defendant s h a l l s e r v e a term of t h i r t y days i n

t h e Yellowstone county j a i l ; t h e j a i l s e n t e n c e t o begin February

21, 1972.

Defendant contends t h e c o u r t i s w i t h o u t j u r i s d i c t i o n t o

impose t h e c o n d i t i o n of s e r v i c e of time i n t h e Yellowstone county

j a i l based on t h e d e c i s i o n of t h i s Court i n S t a t e v. Drew,

Mon t . , 490 P.2d 230, 28 St.Rep.930, decided November 3 , 1971.

Brian Woodbury, e i g h t e e n y e a r s of a g e , on January 21, 1972

was charged by Information i n t h e d i s t r i c t c o u r t of t h e t h i r t e e n t h

j u d i c i a l d i s t r i c t , county of Yellowstone, with t h e crime of c r i m i n a l

s a l e of dangerous drugs a l l e g e d t o have been committed on January

1 5 , 1972; t h a t he s o l d c e r t a i n dangerous d r u g s , to-wit: L y s e r g i c

a c i d diethylamide (LSD). Counsel was appointed f o r defendant

and bond s e t a t $500.

On January 24, 1972, defendant appeared i n c o u r t w i t h h i s

appointed c o u n s e l , Michael J. Whalen, and e n t e r e d a plea of n o t guilty. The bond was continued w i t h t h e r e s t r i c t i o n t h a t i f de-

fendant posted bond, he would be s u b j e c t t o c e r t a i n r e s t r i c t i v e

scheduling by t h e s c h o o l a u t h o r i t i e s of School D i s t r i c t No. 2.

He was r e l e a s e d on bond s u b j e c t t o t h e c o n d i t i o n s which he signed

on January 2 8 , 1972. O February 4 , 1972, t h e c a s e was s e t f o r n

t r i a l March 7, 1972. On March 1, 1972, defendant appeared i n

c o u r t w i t h h i s counsel John L. Adams, J r . , and withdrew h i s plea

and e n t e r e d a g u i l t y p l e a , a t which time t h e s e n t e n c e now i n i s s u e

was imposed.

The f a c t s r e l a t i n g t o t h i s charge a r e : On January 15, 1972,

t h e B i l l i n g s P o l i c e Department received telephone c a l l s from two

p a r e n t s i n B i l l i n g s t o t h e e f f e c t t h a t they thought t h e i r daughters

had on t h e previous n i g h t taken some t y p e of drug. One of t h e

g i r l s was placed i n t h e p s y c h i a t r i c ward a t B i l l i n g s Deaconess

Hospital. It was subsequently a s c e r t a i n e d t h a t both g i r l s had

taken LSD, which had been put i n Kool-Aid. They s t a t e d they had

purchased t h e LSD from defendant. O being questioned by t h e n

B i l l i n g s P o l i c e Department, defendant admitted t h e s a l e of t h e

LSD t o t h e two teen-age g i r l s and a l s o f u r n i s h e d t h e p o l i c e w i t h

t h r e e a d d i t i o n a l " h i t s " of LSD t h a t he had cached i n a snowbank

n e a r h i s house. This information was a v a i l a b l e t o t h e c o u r t a t

t h e time s e n t e n c e was pronounced. This defendant i s p r e s e n t l y

under charge of s i x felony counts f o r c r i m i n a l s a l e of dangerous

drugs which i n c l u d e s LSD, Marijuana , Crys t a 1-Ma t h and Heroin.

This charge a r o s e almost immediately a f t e r t h e c o n v i c t i o n h e r e ,

t h a t i s , on March 1 7 , 1972,

Upon t h e g u i l t y p l e a , t h e c o u r t s t a y e d t h e imposition of

s e n t e n c e f o r a period of two y e a r s and i n a d d i t i o n t o seven g e n e r a l

c o n d i t i o n s imposed i n t h a t j u r i s d i c t i o n , an a d d i t i o n a l one was added---that t h e defendant would s e r v e a term of t h i r t y days i n

t h e Yellowstone county j a i l .

The i s s u e h e r e involved i s whether t h e t r i a l c o u r t can

impose c o n d i t i o n s on a d e f e r r e d imposition of s e n t e n c e under t h e

terms of t h e Montana Dangerous Drug Act; more p a r t i c u l a r l y ,

whether t h o s e c o n d i t i o n s can i n c l u d e a p e r i o d of time i n a county

jail.

I n S t a t e v. Drew, Mon t . -9 490 P.2d 230, 28 St.Rep.

930, 932, we s a i d : tt The only remaining i s s u e f o r review i s whether a s i x month imprisonment i s proper under t h e presump- t i o n of e n t i t l e m e n t t o a d e f e r r e d imposition of sen- t e n c e , d i r e c t e d by s e c t i o n 54-133(c), R.C.M. 1947. W think not. e PI The s t a t e ' s p r i n c i p a l argument i s t h a t s e c t i o n 95-2206, R.C.M. 1947, ~ o n t a n a ' ssentencing s t a t u t e , provides : "'SENTENCE. Whenever any person has been found g u i l t y of a crime o r o f f e n s e upon a v e r d i c t o r plea t h e c o u r t may impose any of t h e following s e n t e n c e s :

" ' ( 1 ) Release t h e defendant on p r o b a t i o n ;

"' (2) Defer t h e imposition of s e n t e n c e f o r a period n o t t o exceed t h r e e (3) y e a r s ;

' (3) Suspend t h e execution of t h e s e n t e n c e up t o t h e maximum s e n t e n c e allowed f o r t h e p a r t i c u l a r o f f e n s e . However, i f any r e s t r i c t i o n s o r condi- t i o n s a r e v i o l a t e d , any elapsed time s h a l l n o t be a c r e d i t against t h e sentence, unless t h e court s h a l l otherwise o r d e r .

(4) 'I' Impose a f i n e a s provided by law f o r t h e offense;

" ' ( 5 ) Commit t h e defendant t o a c o r r e c t i o n a l i n - s t i t u t i o n w i t h o r without a f i n e a s provided by law f o r t h e offense;

" ' ( 6 ) Impose any combination of t h e above. The c o u r t may a l s o impose any r e s t r i c t i o n s o r c o n d i t i o n s on t h e above s e n t e n c e which i t deems n e c e s s a r y .

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