Deer Lodge man found guilty at retrial for sexual assault of a minor
HELENA – A Deer Lodge man was found guilty today for sexually assaulting a minor in Powell County District Court, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced.
The jury unanimously convicted Charles Michael Byrne, 51, of three counts of sexual intercourse without consent following a four-day jury trial. Byrne was found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor girl three separate times between 2010 and 2016. He will be sentenced at a later date.
Byrne was previously sentenced to three consecutive 100-year sentences in 2019 after a jury found him guilty of the same crime. However, the Montana Supreme Court overturned that conviction necessitating a retrial.
Assistant Attorneys General Meghann Paddock and Patrick Moody prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Powell County Sheriff’s Office.
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