Legal Opinion
State v. Scarborough
Montana Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 2000No. 98-314PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Leaphart
¶1 Following a jury trial in the Twentieth Judicial District Court, Lake County, Tom Scarborough was convicted of deliberate homicide, attempted deliberate homicide, and robbery. Scarborough appeals his conviction, alleging certain statements he made to police were improperly admitted at trial, the jury was improperly instructed in the law of mitigated deliberate homicide and a number of other procedural errors. We affirm the District Court in all respects.
BACKGROUND
¶2 In the early morning of August 27,1996, Missoula County 911 received an anonymous call reporting a homicide at a house near…
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