The court may impose any reasonable restrictions or conditions that the defendant must follow during the period of a suspended sentence, including any reasonable restrictions or conditions considered necessary for rehabilitation or for the protection of the victim or society. Upon a guilty plea to an offense, a court may suspend execution of the sentence. ♧ The conditions that Butler complains of were imposed first by the Justice Court and then by the District Court upon Butler s appeal, as conditions of suspended sentences imposed after Butler pled guilty to the two offenses in 2010. ♦ On appeal Butler contends that the State lacks jurisdiction to control his hunting activities outside the State of Montana that the condition that he not accompany any other person while hunting was an abuse of discretion and that the District Court lacked the power to preclude him from hunting in compact states. In addition, the District Court continued the prior condition that Butler not accompany any other person while hunting, fishing or trapping. The District Court revoked the prior suspended sentences, imposing some jail time and some fines, and re-suspending the remainder of the jail time and the fines. He admitted that this constituted a violation of the conditions of his prior suspended sentences. 2 ♥ In the proceedings in District Court Butler admitted that he hunted in New Mexico and that he did so with another individual. The Justice Court revoked the suspended sentences and Butler appealed to District Court. In January 2011, the State filed a motion to revoke the suspended sentence in Justice Court based upon the information from New Mexico. The information included a photograph of Butler and his team mate for the event, posing with rifles and dead coyotes. ♤ In December 2010, Warden Murphy of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks discovered that Butler had participated in a coyote calling and shooting event held in New Mexico. One of those conditions was that Butler could not hunt or accompany any other person while hunting, fishing and/or trapping. The Justice Court sentenced Butler to six months in jail on each count, with the sentences suspended upon Butler s compliance with a number of conditions. He pled guilty to those offenses in March 2010. ♣ In February 2010, Butler was charged in Justice Court in Beaverhead County with two counts of hunting without landowner permission. ♢ Troy Butler appeals from the District Court s order filed Marevoking his probation and imposing sentence. Its case title, cause number, and disposition shall be included in this Court s quarterly list of noncitable cases published in the Pacific Reporter and Montana Reports. ♡ Pursuant to Section I, Paragraph 3(d), Montana Supreme Court Internal Operating Rules, this case is decided by memorandum opinion and shall not be cited and does not serve as precedent. Moppert, Dillon, Montana Submitted on Briefs: NovemDecided: DecemFiled: _ Clerk Chief Justice Mike McGrath delivered the Opinion of the Court. Fitch, Beaverhead County Attorney Evan O. Mark Fowler, Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Montana Jed C. DC 11-3410 Honorable Loren Tucker, Presiding Judge COUNSEL OF RECORD: For Appellant: Jason Armstrong Law Office of Jason Armstrong, P.C, Bozeman, Montana For Appellee: Steve Bullock, Montana Attorney General C. APPEAL FROM: District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, In and For the County of Beaverhead, Cause No. DecemDA 12-0220 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA 2012 MT 278N STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff and Appellee, v.
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