Legal Opinion
State v. Thomas
Montana Supreme Court
Decided October 16, 1997No. 96-470PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage
Bill Gene Thomas pled guilty to deliberate homicide. He appeals the denial of his petition for postconviction relief by the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Stillwater County. We affirm.
The issues are whether Thomas was denied effective assistance of counsel and whether his plea of guilty was knowingly and voluntarily made.
On January 23, 1993, the body of Donald Verly was found lying face down in a pile of dirt and snow on his ranch north of Rapelje, Montana. Verly had been shot twice, once in the chest and once under his left eye.
Verly’s Dodge pickup truck was missing from his ranch.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr., (Decoster Iii)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Carlos A. Sanclemente-BejaranoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- William Lloyd Hill v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by18 opinions
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