Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     46-18-104. Definitions. As used in 46-18-101, 46-18-105, 46-18-201, 46-18-225, and this section, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Community corrections" or "community corrections facility or program" means a community corrections facility or program as defined in 53-30-303.
     (2) (a) "Crime of violence" means:
     (i) a crime in which an offender uses or possesses and threatens to use a deadly weapon during the commission or attempted commission of a crime;
     (ii) a crime in which the offender causes serious bodily injury or death to a person other than the offender; or
     (iii) an offense under:
     (A) 45-5-502 for which the maximum potential sentence is life imprisonment or imprisonment in a state prison for a term exceeding 1 year;
     (B) 45-5-503, except as provided in subsection (2)(b) of this section; or
     (C) 45-5-507 if the victim is under 16 years of age and the offender is 3 or more years older than the victim or if the offender inflicts bodily injury upon anyone in the course of committing the offense.
     (b) In a prosecution under 45-5-503, if the sexual intercourse was without consent based solely on the victim's age, the victim willingly participated, and the offender is not more than 3 years older than the victim, the offense is not a crime of violence for purposes of this section.
     (3) "Nonviolent felony offender" means a person who has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony offense other than a crime of violence or who has been convicted of a felony offense other than a crime of violence.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 794, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 7(2), Ch. 794, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 395, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 509, L. 2001.

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