Legal Opinion

State v. S. Davis

Montana Supreme Court

Decided August 23, 2016No. DA 15-0569PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice McGRATH

delivered the Opinion of the Court. ¶1 Shawna Davis appeals from the District Court’s Opinion and Order affirming the Justice Court’s denial of Davis’s motion for judgment of acquittal. We affirm.

¶2 The issue on appeal is whether the District Court properly affirmed the Justice Court’s decision denying Davis’s motion to dismiss the criminal charge.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 On May 12, 2012, Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Fetterhoff stopped Davis’s vehicle on a public highway in Flathead County because she was speeding. Fetterhoff asked Davis for proof of insurance. Davis failed to…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. ThompsonMontana Supreme Court · 1993
  2. State v. GoltzMontana Supreme Court · 1982
  3. State v. LukeMontana Supreme Court · 2014
  4. State v. SmithMontana Supreme Court · 1996
  5. State v. HallamMontana Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. S. HooverMontana Supreme Court · 2017
  2. City of Missoula v. KroschelMontana Supreme Court · 2018
  3. City of Helena v. ParsonsMontana Supreme Court · 2019
  4. Duram v. PloegerMontana Supreme Court · 2017
  5. Hershberger v. MarquartMontana Supreme Court · 2017

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