Coleman v. State

Coleman appeals from a Rosebud County District Court dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief. Title 46, Chapter 21, Montana Code Annotated.

None of the issues presented by petitioner on this appeal are base in the underlying facts of the criminal cause. Therefore, the facts surrounding Coleman’s conviction for the death of Peggy Lee Harstad will not be recited. Afull text of these facts can be found in our decision of an earlier appeal, State v. Coleman (1978), 177 Mont. 1, 579 P.2d 732. Operative procedural facts will be discussed with reference to specific issues offered by the…