Legal Opinion
State v. Delos Santos
Montana Supreme Court
Decided August 24, 1995No. 94-210PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage
A jury in the District Court for the Twelfth Judicial District, Hill County, found Jose Delos Santos, II, guilty of felony theft and two counts of deliberate homicide. Santos appeals. We affirm.
The issues are:
1. Did the District Court err in finding Santos competent to stand trial?
2. Did the court err by admitting expert testimony elicited by the prosecution in violation of § 46-14-213(2), MCA?
3. Did the court err in refusing to allow the defense to play at trial certain videotapes of Santos?
*1294. Was Santos deprived of a constitutional right to an insanity-defense by the court’s refusal to give…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- State v. ArlingtonMontana Supreme Court · 1994
- State v. EgelhoffMontana Supreme Court · 1995
- State v. AustadMontana Supreme Court · 1982
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- State v. AhmedMontana Supreme Court · 1996
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- State v. MerrickMontana Supreme Court · 2000
- Lynch v. ReedMontana Supreme Court · 1997
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