State v. Langley
Annotate this CaseDefendant was charged with one count of arson, a felony. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Defendant pleaded no contest to arson. Defendant subsequently filed a motion to withdraw his no contest plea, asserting that the district court did not comply with the statutory procedures for rejecting plea agreements. The district court denied Defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea, concluding that Defendant entered the plea voluntarily and knowingly. The district court then sentenced Defendant to ten years’ imprisonment with five years suspended. The Supreme Court reversed and remanded with instructions for the district court to conduct another sentencing hearing, holding that the plea agreement in this case should be construed as a Mont. Code Ann. 46-12-211(1)(b) agreement and that the district court erred by not following the required procedures for rejecting the parties’ plea agreement.
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