Legal Opinion
State v. Sandstrom
Montana Supreme Court
Decided June 8, 1978No. 14064PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harrison
On November 1, 1976, Mrs. Annie Jessen, 89 years of age, was found dead in her home in Anaconda, Montana, the apparent victim of a brutal assault in which she received blows to her head from a shovel, and five stab wounds to her back from a kitchen knife. Mrs. Jessen had, in addition, been sexually assaulted and received a compound fracture to her leg, apparently after the slaying.
On November 22, 1976, defendant, 18 years of age, was arrested for an unrelated crime. Shortly thereafter, and while is custody of the Deer Lodge County sheriff, defendant confessed to the slaying of Mrs. Jessen.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Don C. Silverthorne v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- State v. ColemanMontana Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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- Williams v. KempSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
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