Legal Opinion
State v. Bolton
Montana Supreme Court
Decided November 13, 1922No. 5,142PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
Glenna Martin Bolton was charged with having murdered Irving Keeler, was convicted of murder of the first degree and sentenced to be, hanged. He has appealed from the iudgment and from an order denying him a new trial.
The case may be said to be a companion one to State v. Reagin, 64 Mont. 481, 210 Pac. 86. This defendant is the same person referred to in the Reagin Case as Glen Bolton.
*80The state does not contend that the defendant fired the shot which killed Keeler; on the contrary, it is conceded that the act of killing was done by Reagin. The state seeks to fasten responsibility upon this…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- People v. . BeckerNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- People v. . GiblinNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- State v. CreanMontana Supreme Court · 1911
- State v. KingUtah Supreme Court · 1902
- Rayburn v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1901
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3Cited by37 opinions
- State v. CarveloHawaii Supreme Court · 1961
- State v. KempMontana Supreme Court · 1979
- State v. RitzMontana Supreme Court · 1922
- State v. CobbMontana Supreme Court · 1926
- State v. RoseMontana Supreme Court · 1980
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