Montana Supreme Court upholds Kalispell man's police obstruction conviction
A Kalispell Police Department patrol vehicle. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake file photo)
The state’s highest court on Tuesday sided with a jury’s decision that a Kalispell man was guilty of obstructing a peace officer while he recorded a traffic stop in 2022.
In its Feb. 10 ruling, the Montana Supreme Court concluded that state prosecutors had presented enough evidence at trial to support a misdemeanor charge against Sean Doman. The court found that a reasonable juror could determine that Doman’s refusal to follow law enforcement orders interfered with the officers’ ability to perform their duties.
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