Montana Code Annotated 1999

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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) "Crime of violence" means:
     (a) 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;
     (b) a crime in which the offender causes a serious bodily injury or death to a person other than the offender; or
     (c) any sexual offense in which the offender causes bodily injury to the victim or uses threat, intimidation, or force against the victim.
     (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.

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