Court Opinion

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01/31/2024

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                        Case Number: DA 22-0377

                                      DA 22-0377
                                   _________________

 STATE OF MONTANA,

              Plaintiff and Appellee,

       v.                                                          ORDER

 BRANDON ANTHONY PERESSINI,

              Defendant and Appellant.
                                _________________

      Appellant Brandon Anthony Peressini, via counsel, appeals the May 20, 2022
Sentence, Order to Close File, and Order Exonerating Bond of the Eighth Judicial District
Court, Cascade County, in that court’s Cause No. ADC-21-113.
      The State has filed a Notice of Concession. It concedes the District Court erred in
denying Peressini’s motion to suppress and that, under the particular facts and
circumstances of this case, Peressini’s conviction for possession of dangerous drugs should
be vacated. The State asks this Court to remand this matter to the District Court for the
purpose of vacating Peressini’s conviction and sentence.
      Having considered the Appellant’s Opening Brief and the State’s Notice of
Concession, and good cause appearing,
      IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is REMANDED with instructions for
the District Court to VACATE Peressini’s conviction for Criminal Possession of
Dangerous Drugs, a felony, and to VACATE the accompanying sentence and judgment in
conformance with this Order.

                                                                             Electronically signed by:
                                                                                   Mike McGrath
                                                                      Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court
                                                                                 January 31 2024