State v. G. West

Summary

The Montana Supreme Court affirmed Grant West’s convictions for robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and criminal possession of dangerous drugs. It held that the State’s three-day delay in disclosing a witness’s hearing impairment did not establish materiality under Brady, that sufficient evidence supported the robbery conviction, and that West’s prosecutorial-misconduct claims either were waived or did not prejudice his substantial rights. The court declined to review West’s ineffective-assistance claims on direct appeal because the trial record did not explain counsel’s decisions, and it rejected cumulative-error relief.