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Hawkins v. Mahoney

Montana Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1999No. 98-168PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*125OPINION AND ORDER

¶1 Sherman Paul Hawkins (Hawkins) has filed with this Court a petition for postconviction relief alleging ineffective assistance of his trial counsel. The State of Montana has responded contending that Hawkins’ petition should be summarily dismissed by this Court as either time barred or as a successive petition.

Background

¶2 Hawkins was convicted in 1973 of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife and sentenced to life imprisonment. This Court upheld his conviction and sentence in State v. Hawkins (1974), 165 Mont. 456, 529 P.2d 1377. In 1983, Hawkins filed a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. PerryMontana Supreme Court · 1988
  2. State v. GollehonMontana Supreme Court · 1995
  3. In Re Petition of GrayMontana Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Beach v. DayMontana Supreme Court · 1996
  5. State v. HawkinsMontana Supreme Court · 1974

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Lott v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 2006
  2. State v. WhitehornMontana Supreme Court · 2002
  3. State v. BeachMontana Supreme Court · 2009
  4. State v. CharloMontana Supreme Court · 2000
  5. State v. RosalesMontana Supreme Court · 2000

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