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The Montana Supreme Court affirmed Thomas Lucero's conviction on multiple felony charges including aggravated kidnapping, sexual intercourse without consent, strangulation, and assault. The court rejected Lucero's arguments that his Alford guilty plea was invalid and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel.
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