BILLINGS - Former Billings group home worker Dante Garriott was sentenced Tuesday in Yellowstone County District Court to 35 years in prison, with 10 years suspended, after 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.

Watch the sentencing story here: Montana man sentenced for homicide that inspired new law

“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 Wright’s injuries before he died in February of 2024 .

Miller testified during the sentencing hearing for Garriott before Judge Colette Davies.

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