Archive for 'Deferred Sentence'

Montana ACT Program Providers

Almost every DUI I handle that doesn’t result in a not-guilty verdict or an outright dismissal includes a requirement that the defendant complete an approved ACT Program and complete any suggested follow-up treatment. Currently in Kalispell, there is only one approved ACT Provider: Flathead Valley Chemical Dependency Clinic. As of today, they are charging $375 [...]

Barkus Pleads No Contest to Boating Under the Influence

Under a recently reached plea agreement, Kalispell state Sen. Greg Barkus will plead no contest to felony criminal endangerment for his part in the August 2009 boat crash on Flathead Lake that injured five people. The plea agreement sets a 3 year deferred sentence and dismisses the other two felony charges of negligent vehicular assault. [...]