{"data":{"id":"us-mt/46-11-410","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"46-11-410","heading":"Multiple charges.","body":"(1) When the same transaction may establish the commission of more than one offense, a person charged with the conduct may be prosecuted for each offense.\n(2) A defendant may not, however, be convicted of more than one offense if:\n(a) one offense is included in the other;\n(b) one offense consists only of a conspiracy or other form of preparation to commit the other;\n(c) inconsistent findings of fact are required to establish the commission of the offenses;\n(d) the offenses differ only in that one is defined to prohibit a specific instance of the conduct; or\n(e) the offense is defined to prohibit a continuing course of conduct and the defendant's course of conduct was interrupted, unless the law provides that the specific periods of the conduct constitute separate offenses.","path":["TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 11. COMMENCEMENT OF PROSECUTION","Part 4. The Charge"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0460/chapter_0110/part_0040/section_0100/0460-0110-0040-0100.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:45Z","sha256":"19cde62cc2b941d13b9e9c81a04b710d9ccde1c7eeeee91c9064e4488f78af9f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/46-11-406","next":"us-mt/46-11-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}