Legal Opinion
State v. Brecht
Montana Supreme Court
Decided May 10, 1971No. 11787PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daly
On May 18, 1967, defendant Robert Brecht was charged by information in the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District, County of Stillwater, with murder in the first degree. The charge arose from the shooting death of defendant’s wife, Mary Ann Brecht on May 17, 1967. Trial was had and the jury returned a verdict of murder in the second degree on February 24, 1968. The presiding judge sentenced the defendant to 30 years confinement in the Montana state prison on February 26, 1968.
Court appointed counsel at trial elected not to appeal for post conviction relief and present counsel was…
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