Legal Opinion

State v. Nettleton

Montana Supreme Court

Decided August 22, 1988No. 87-505PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McDONOUGH

Kenneth Dale Nettleton appeals from the judgment of the District Court of the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of deliberate homicide, a felony. We affirm.

Nettleton presents one issue for our review:

“Should two of the witnesses, both former spouses, have been allowed to testify regarding communications made to them during the marriage?”

On November 7, 1986, Nettleton was charged with the 1977 deliberate homicide of Gayla Sue Brisson. On March 18, 1987, Nettleton filed a motion to exclude the testimony of Candace Semenze and…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Stein v. BowmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  2. State v. TaylorMontana Supreme Court · 1973
  3. People v. MelskiNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
  4. In Re the Marriage of SarsfieldMontana Supreme Court · 1983
  5. United States v. Larita Anne Bolzer, United States of America v. William Bolzer, United States of America v. Jerry ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by9 opinions

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