Legal Opinion · Dissent

State v. Coloff

Montana Supreme Court

Decided April 11, 1951No. 9008Published

1Dissent

MR. JUSTICE ANGSTMAN:

(dissenting).

I do not agree with the foregoing opinion. In order to present my views of the case I find it necessary to expose more of the record than that shown in the opinion of my associates.

When the defendant was upon the witness stand the county attorney, upon cross-examination, asked him if he had been convicted of a felony, to which he answered in the affirmative. The county attorney then asked him the following questions:

“Q. What was the charge? A. I don’t know. The charge was bankruptcy. I don’t know just exactly what it is.
“Q. You don’t know what you were…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. People v. DavidCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
  2. People v. Chin HaneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
  3. McDaniel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
  4. State v. SmithMontana Supreme Court · 1920
  5. State v. SteeleWashington Supreme Court · 1929

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