Legal Opinion
State v. Bretz
Montana Supreme Court
Decided April 16, 1975No. 12906PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Castles
This is an appeal by the state from an order granting respondent’s motion for a change of venue from Cascade County to Lewis and Clark County.
On September 16, 1974, respondent Bretz, defendant in district court, was charged in Cascade County with fifty-eight felony counts. Ten days later he filed a motion for change of venue in two parts: (1) That Lewis and Clark County is the proper place for trial rather than Cascade County, and (2) that he could not receive a fair trial in Cascade County by reason of adverse publicity in the community.
Oral argument on the motion was held October 15, 1974..…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- American Tobacco Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Travis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Brown v. ElliottSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- American Tobacco Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1945
- State v. HarringtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1969
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State v. ClineMontana Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. BretzMontana Supreme Court · 1976
- Department of Revenue v. Waldemar W.Montana Supreme Court · 1980
- Dept. of Revenue v. LaneMontana Supreme Court · 1980
- State v. Bretz ClineMontana Supreme Court · 1976