State v. Simmons
Annotate this CaseMayson Simmons pleaded guilty to criminal distribution of dangerous drugs for providing medical marijuana to someone without a user card, distribution for providing oxycodone pills, and theft by insurance fraud. The district court sentenced Simmons to twenty years in prison with ten years suspended. Simmons appealed her sentence, arguing that the district court violated her right to due process by considering evidence of her behavior while incarcerated at the Ravalli County Detention Center (RCDC). The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Simmons' due process rights were not violated when the district court referenced her negative behavior while at RCDC because (1) the court considered numerous pieces of evidence pertaining to Simmons' potential for rehabilitation and the severity of the crimes she committed, and (2) Simmons did not meet her burden of showing the sentencing court relief on materially false allegations in forming the sentence.
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