Legal Opinion

State v. Ritchson

Montana Supreme Court

Decided July 2, 1981No. 80-340PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Haswell

James Thomas Ritchson was convicted of one count of aggravated assault and one count of robbery following a jury trial in the District Court of Cascade County. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 20 years imprisonment on each count and was declared a •dangerous offender. Ritchson appeals from the judgment of conviction. We affirm.

Ritchson robbed the Daily Double Bar in Great Falls in the early morning on December 17, 1979. He had been in the bar for several hours drinking and playing pool. At closing time, he pulled a sawed-off shotgun from underneath his jacket and shot in the direc tion…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Brown v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. United States v. CrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. People v. BeamonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. Vern Kills on TopMontana Supreme Court · 1990
  2. State v. MaderaMontana Supreme Court · 1983
  3. State v. WellsMontana Supreme Court · 1983
  4. State v. BarkerMontana Supreme Court · 1993
  5. State v. GreywaterMontana Supreme Court · 1997

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