Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 45 > Chapter 8 > Part 4 - Montana Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Criminal street gang: means any ongoing organization, association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal or informal, having as one of its primary activities the commission of one or more of the criminal acts enumerated in 45-8-405, having a common name or common identifying sign or symbol, and whose members individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal street gang activity. See Montana Code 45-8-402
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Destructive device: as used in this chapter , includes but is not limited to the following weapons:

  (a)a projectile containing an explosive or incendiary material or any other similar chemical substance, including but not limited to that which is commonly known as tracer or incendiary ammunition, except tracer ammunition manufactured for use in shotguns;

  (b)a bomb, grenade, explosive missile, or similar device or a launching device therefor;

  (c)a weapon of a caliber greater than . See Montana Code 45-8-332

• Knowingly: means only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See Montana Code 1-1-204
• Pattern of criminal street gang activity: has the meaning provided in 45-8-405. See Montana Code 45-8-402
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Sex: means the organization of the body parts and gametes for reproduction in human beings and other organisms. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201