Legal Opinion
State v. White
Montana Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 1981No. 80-351PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheehy
Defendant appeals from an order of the Sixteenth Judicial District, Custer County. The order appealed from denies defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to the crime of deliberate homicide. On August 6, 1980, prior to the filing of the motion to withdraw, defendant was sentenced to 50 years in the Montana State Prison and designated a “dangerous offender”. Defendant received an additional consecutive sentence of 10 years pursuant to § 46-18-221(1), MCA, for committing the crime with a knife.
It is undisputed that August Lee White, also known as “Dusty” White, stabbed to death his…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- State v. HaynieMontana Supreme Court · 1980
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