Legal Opinion

Kills on Top v. State

Montana Supreme Court

Decided July 17, 1995No. 94-131PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Leaphart

Lester Kills On Top (Appellant) appeals from an order of the Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Custer County, denying his petition for postconviction relief and writ of habeas corpus. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for resentencing.

We restate the issues Appellant raises as follows:

1. Must Appellant’s convictions or sentences be reversed because the State failed to disclose certain materials under the commands of Brady v. Maryland (1963), 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215?

2. Did an abuse of process or outrageous governmental conduct occur which requires the granting…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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