Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Montana Supreme Court
Decided May 24, 1974No. 12593PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON
delivered the Opinion of the Court.
The State appeals from the granting of a motion to suppress evidence in a murder case. We hold the order to suppress was in part erroneous.
On May 14, 1972, at 4:47 p. m., the Butte police department was called to investigate a homicide at the home of Harold Bryan Smith, defendant. Smith and his wife had been separated for several months. He had taken a room elsewhere while the family continued to live at the residence to which the police were called. Upon their arrival about 5:15 p. m., defendant Smith and one Stewart, a friend of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Couch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Beecher v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by15 opinions
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