The Montana Supreme Court held that the constitutional protections governing juvenile life-without-parole sentences apply even when Montana's sentencing scheme is discretionary and can apply to a lengthy term-of-years sentence that is the practical equivalent of life without parole.
Montana Supreme Court, 2017
Published opinions from 2017. The case name opens the case page.
2017 opinions
MontanaState of Montana, Plaintiff and Appellee v. David Gary Burton, Defendant and Appellant
December 12, 2017389 Mont. 499
The Montana Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Burton's motion to dismiss state charges under Montana's statutory multiple-prosecution protection. It held that interim appeals from nonfinal orders denying statutory or constitutional double-jeopardy relief are not authorized, although the court could decide this…