State v. Spreadbury
Annotate this CaseThe State charged Michael Spreadbury with felony intimidation by way of an information. Spreadbury initially pled not guilty and moved to dismiss the information for failure to establish probable cause to charge him with intimidation. After the district court denied the motion, Spreadbury changed his plea to no contest without reserving any issues for appeal. The district court entered judgment against Spreadbury and imposed a one-year deferred sentence. Spreadbury appealed, arguing that the State had no probable cause to believe he committed the offense of felony intimidation. At issue was whether Spreadbury waived the right to raise a probable cause challenge when he entered his no contest plea without reserving the issue for appeal. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment entered by the district court, holding that, by entering a no contest plea without reserving for appeal the question whether there was probable cause to support the information filed against him, Spreadbury waived the right to raise the issue on appeal from the final judgment entered.
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