STATE v. WEST

No. 89-275.

800 P.2d 1047 (1990)

STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Rodney Allen WEST, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided November 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry D. Mansch and David E. Stenerson, Public Defender's Office, Missoula, for defendant and appellant.

Marc Racicot, Atty. Gen., and Patricia Schaeffer Jordan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Helena, Robert L. Deschamps III, County Atty., and Fred Van Valkenburg, Deputy County Atty., Missoula, for plaintiff and respondent.


TURNAGE, Chief Justice.

Rodney Allen West was convicted of felony theft and misdemeanor failure to return rented or leased personal property, in a jury trial in the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County. He appeals. We affirm.

The issues are:

1. Did the District Court err by allowing evidence of other crimes in violation of Rule 404(b), M.R.Evid.?

2. Did the court err in ruling West's letter exhibit inadmissible?...

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