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Monday, July 14, 2008

District Court exceeded its authority, sex offender treatment

2008 MT 43N
STATE OF MONTANA,
v. THOMAS RONALD KNUDSON,
1. Did the District Court err by ordering Knudson to complete sex offender treatment as a condition of parole following revocation of his suspended sentence?
2. Did the District Court abuse its discretion by finding by a preponderance of the evidence that Knudson had committed sexual intercourse without consent while on probation, even though a jury had acquitted him of that charge?
The District Court exceeded its authority under § 46-18-203(7)(a)(iii), MCA (1999), when it conditioned Knudson’s parole eligibility on completion of Phases I and II of the sex offender treatment program at MSP. Accordingly, we remand this case for the limited purpose of striking that condition on Knudson’s parole eligibility.

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