Legal Opinion
State v. Alton
Montana Supreme Court
Decided September 11, 1961No. 10191PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON
delivered the Opinion of the Court.
Defendant was charged by information with the crime of murder in the first degree, tried before a jury, found guilty of murder in the second degree, and appealed from the judgment of conviction so entered in the district court of Powell County, Montana.
The record discloses the following facts: On the afternoon of April 16, 1959, at approximately 3:30 p.m., August Byers, a guard at the Montana State Prison, relieved another officer in what is known as the new wing of the prison and went out on a catwalk to open a few…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ruloff v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- People v. KauffmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1907
- People v. KingCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
- State v. OchoaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1937
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. FitzpatrickMontana Supreme Court · 1977
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- Regle v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1970
- State v. WallaceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
- State v. SchleiningMontana Supreme Court · 1965
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