Legal Opinion
State v. Christensen
Montana Supreme Court
Decided August 9, 1990No. 89-559, 89-613PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage
The Montana Attorney General filed this consolidated appeal to orders by the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County, and the Ninth Judicial District Court, Glacier County, excluding evidene of the respondent’s marijuana growing operations because the evidence resulted from private felonious conduct, burglary, and was prejudicial other-crimes evidence. We reverse.
*314ISSUES
The State of Montana raises the following issues.
1. Were the respondent’s constitutional rights violated by the issuance of search warrants based in part upon information revealed by felonious private conduct?
2. Did…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- United States v. JacobsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by15 opinions
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