Legal Opinion
St. Germain v. State
Montana Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 2012No. DA 11-0241PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wheat
¶1 Joel St. Germain (St. Germain) appeals the dismissal of his petition for postconviction relief by the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
¶2 On June 4, 2004, a jury unanimously found St. Germain guilty of four counts of incest and four counts of sexual intercourse without consent for sexually abusing H.M., his stepdaughter, repeatedly between the ages of 11 and 19. St. Germain first appealed his conviction in 2004 and raised three issues: (1) his constitutional right to be present at all critical stages of his trial had been violated, (2) the district…
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