Legal Opinion
State v. Spielmann
Montana Supreme Court
Decided November 29, 1973No. Nos. 12479 and 12480PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daly
This appeal is brought by defendants John Michael Spielmann and Louis Tony Christensen, from their joint trial in the district court of Gallatin County. Spielmann was convicted of one count of robbery and Christensen of two counts of robbery and of first degree burglary.
On November 9, 1972, Spielmann, Christensen and Douglas Green, aged 15, were arrested together. Green plead guilty to charges against him and was committed to the Pine Hills Juvenile facility. Green testified as a prosecution witness at the trial of Spielmann and Christensen.
From the trial record these facts appear: Sometime…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Henry v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Dyke v. Taylor Implement Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by16 opinions
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