article_snippet: The sentence ends the long-running case against John Fesler Lance II, who was so defiant in his claim to the property that his spent nearly 30 years in prison for threats over its court-ordered sale and then confronted its owners as soon as his was free.
article_snippet: John Fesler Lance II was convicted of felony intimidation, stalking, violating a protective order and trespassing .
article_snippet: John Fesler Lance II went back to the state prison Wednesday.
article_snippet: John Fesler Lance II spent 27 years behind bars after convictions beginning in the mid-1980s for intimidating judges, attorneys and others involved in the court-mandated sale of the western Montana ranch he lost in a 1979 divorce.
article_snippet: John Fesler Lance II spent April through July in jail for violating a court order of protection.
article_snippet: Lance, who was acting as his own attorney, refused to participate in his February trial and was convicted of felony intimidation, stalking, violating a protective order and trespassing.
article_snippet: Ravalli County Attorney Bill Fulbright sought a 75- to 100-year prison sentence, arguing that John Fesler Lance IIrefuses to follow the basic rules of society.' '
article_snippet: John Fesler Lance II spent 27 years behind bars after convictions beginning in the mid-1980s for intimidating judges, attorneys and others involved in the court-mandated sale of the ranch .
highlights_snippet: John Fesler Lance II spent 27 years behind bars for intimidating judges, attorneys and others involved in the court-mandated sale of his western Montana ranch .
  
highlights_snippet: John Fesler Lance II spent April through July in jail for violating a court order of protection .
  