BILLINGS Dante Garriott, a former group home worker, was sentenced to prison on Tuesday after being convicted of beating a resident to death.

The case inspired Alan's Law, which was passed by the 2025 Montana Legislature and put a sentencing enhancement on convictions for crimes by caregiving facility workers against a vulnerable person.

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Showed us his sides and his back, and he had significant bruising up and down both sides of his body, Billings Police Det. Robert Miller said about Alan Wrights injuries before he died in February of 2024.

Miller testified during the sentencing hearing for Garriott in Yellowstone County District Court on Tuesday.

Garriott had pleaded guilty to mitigated homicide for punching and kicking Alan Wright at a group home in the h

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