Legal Opinion
State v. Giddings
Montana Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 2009No. DA 07-0333PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris
¶1 Joshua David Giddings (Giddings) appeals his convictions in the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, for deliberate homicide, felony tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, and felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs. We affirm.
¶2 We review the following issues on appeal:
¶3 Did the District Court properly deny Giddings’s motion to dismiss based on the State’s alleged intentional destruction of exculpatory evidence?
¶4 Did the District Court properly deny Giddings’s motion to dismiss based on the State’s alleged failure to provide discovery?
¶5 Did the District…
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