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State v. Kaarma

Montana Supreme Court

Decided February 8, 2017No. DA 15-0214PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice McGRATH

¶1 Markus Hendrik Kaarma (Kaarma) appeals from his December 17, 2014 deliberate homicide conviction by a jury. We affirm.

¶2 We restate the issues on appeal as follows:

Issue One: Did the District Court abuse its discretion by instructing the jury on justifiable use of force in defense of a person?

Issue Two: Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it denied Kaarma’s motions to change venue based on pretrial publicity?

Issue Three: Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it declined to remove a prospective juror for cause based on her marriage to a former police officer?

Issue…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Rideau v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Skilling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  3. State v. Van KirkMontana Supreme Court · 2001
  4. United States v. Jose Rafael Abello-SilvaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
  5. State v. HarrisMontana Supreme Court · 1999

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. State v. PolakMontana Supreme Court · 2018
  2. State v. C. ChristensenMontana Supreme Court · 2020
  3. State v. S. PelletierMontana Supreme Court · 2020
  4. State v. J. StrizichMontana Supreme Court · 2021
  5. State v. W. SmithMontana Supreme Court · 2021

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