Legal Opinion
State v. Cates
Montana Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 2009No. DA 07-0421PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cotter
¶1 Donald Cates (Cates) appeals the denial of his motion to dismiss in the Tenth Judicial District Court. We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶2 On September 16,2005, a woman contacted the Lewistown Police Department to report that her 16-year-old daughter, S.C., had been raped. S.C. was subsequently interviewed by the police. Initially she stated that she did not know the person who raped her, but later stated that Cates forced her to have sexual intercourse without her consent and had penetrated her. On September 17, 2005, Cates was interrogated by Officer Stacy Danzer (Officer…
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