Legal Opinion
Riggs v. State
Montana Supreme Court
Decided September 27, 2011No. DA 10-0569PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wheat
¶1 Robert Daron Riggs (‘Riggs”) appeals the denial of his amended petition for postconviction relief by the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County. We affirm.
¶2 The facts surrounding the underlying charges are detailed in State v. Riggs, 2005 MT 124, 327 Mont. 196, 113 P.3d 281, and we will not fully recite them here. Riggs was convicted by a jury of incest, sexual intercourse without consent, and two counts of sexual assault, all felonies, involving the sexual abuse of four young girls-D.M., D.C. (one of Riggs’ step-daughters), S.M., and M.J. Riggs was sentenced to 24 years in…
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