Legal Opinion
State v. Deshner
Montana Supreme Court
Decided October 29, 1971No. 12067PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON
delivered the Opinion of the Court.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction arising out of an automobile accident death. Defendant was charged with manslaughter in the county of Cascade, tried by a jury, convicted, and sentenced to one year at hard labor in the Montana state penitentiary.
The facts are: Defendant, Paul J. Deshner, and the deceased, William Steen, were friends. On June 20, 1970, together they did some yard work and while so doing consumed several beers. In the evening of that same day, they took off for a night on the town. Beginning about 7…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Breithaupt v. AbramSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- State v. CampbellMontana Supreme Court · 1965
- State v. SouhradaMontana Supreme Court · 1949
- State v. StoddardMontana Supreme Court · 1966
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3Cited by21 opinions
- People v. ToddIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
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- People v. SutherlandSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
- State v. EntrekinHawaii Supreme Court · 2002
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