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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) For purposes of this part, “pattern of criminal street gang activity” means the commission, solicitation, conspiracy, or attempt, the adjudication as a delinquent youth for the commission, attempt, or solicitation, or the conviction of two or more of the offenses listed in subsection (2) within a 3-year period, which offenses were committed on separate occasions.
(2) The offenses that form a pattern of criminal street gang activity include:
(a) deliberate homicide, as defined in 45-5-102;
(b) assault with a weapon, as defined in 45-5-213;
(c) intimidation, as defined in 45-5-203;
(d) kidnapping, as defined in 45-5-302;
(e) aggravated kidnapping, as defined in 45-5-303;
(f) robbery, as defined in 45-5-401;
(g) sexual intercourse without consent, as defined in 45-5-503;
(h) aggravated sex trafficking, as defined in 45-5-706;
(i) child sex trafficking, as defined in 45-5-711;
(j) criminal mischief, as defined in 45-6-101;
(k) arson, as defined in 45-6-103;
(l) burglary, as defined in 45-6-204;
(m) theft, as defined in 45-6-301;
(n) forgery, as defined in 45-6-325;
(o) tampering with witnesses and informants, as defined in 45-7-206;
(p) bringing armed individuals into the state, as defined in 45-8-106;
(q) unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted person, as defined in 45-8-313;
(r) carrying a concealed weapon, as defined in 45-8-316;
(s) possession of a deadly weapon by a prisoner, as defined in 45-8-318;
(t) possession of a destructive device, as defined in 45-8-334;
(u) possession of explosives, as defined in 45-8-335;
(v) possession of a sawed-off firearm, as defined in 45-8-340;
(w) the sale, possession for sale, transportation, manufacture, offer for sale, offer to manufacture, or other offense involving a dangerous drug as prohibited by Title 45, chapter 9;
(x) use of threat to coerce criminal street gang membership or use of violence to coerce criminal street gang membership provided in 45-8-403.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Montana Title 45. Crimes § 45-8-405. Pattern of criminal street gang activity - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mt/title-45-crimes/mt-st-45-8-405/
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