Legal Opinion

State v. Forsness

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 29, 1972No. 12141PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This appeal is by the defendant, Gilman Russell Forsness, who was tried and convicted for selling dangerous drugs in the eighth judicial district, county of Cascade. He appeals from the judgment. I

This appeal is taken by a volunteer counsel who did not] take part in the trial. The issues on appeal are narrowly! directed to the activities of trial counsel. However, in ordeJ to put the case in perspective, that is, to gauge the sincerity of rather strange and strained charges on appeal we feel il necessary to set forth the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Wilson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1943
  4. United States v. James Pickens Davis, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
  5. Smotherman v. BetoDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1967

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. RoseMontana Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Irvin v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Montana v. ColtMontana Supreme Court · 1992
  4. State v. MartzMontana Supreme Court · 1988
  5. State v. McElveenMontana Supreme Court · 1975

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