Legal Opinion
State v. Fetters
Montana Supreme Court
Decided September 3, 1974No. 12675PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HON. M. JAMES SORTE, District Judge,
The sitting for MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON, delivered the Opinion of the Court.
This is an appeal by the state of Montana from an order of the district court of Silver Bow County granting defendants’ motion to suppress evidence in a criminal case.
Defendants Alan Fetters and Steve Lean were charged by Information in four counts: interference with railroad property; interference with railroad property causing death; murder; and malicious destruction of property.
In chronological order these events occurred:
On March 28, 1972, at approximately 8 -.00…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Henry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- United States v. EdwardsSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- State Ex Rel. Glantz v. District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. HamiltonMontana Supreme Court · 1980
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