Montana Supreme Court

State v. D. Demarie

June 3, 20252025 MT 115

Summary

The Court upheld DeMarie's convictions and concurrent eight-year sentences imposed consecutively to his prior sentence. It rejected his challenge to the escape sentence because the constitutional claim was unpreserved and did not warrant plain-error review, found sufficient evidence that he intended to destroy incriminating evidence, and held that he was not entitled to credit for time served on his prior conviction. The Court concluded that DeMarie was not detained pursuant to the new charges.