Legal Opinion
State v. Fitzpatrick
Montana Supreme Court
Decided February 7, 1980No. 14422PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheehy
A jury sitting in District Court, Yellowstone County, found Bernard James Fitzpatrick guilty of deliberate homicide, aggravated kidnapping and robbery. Fitzpatrick was sentenced to death for the crimes of deliberate homicide and aggravated kidnapping and to 100 years imprisonment for robbery by the Honorable Charles Luedke, district judge. The case is before this Court pursuant to the automatic review provision of section 95-2206.12, R.C.M.1947, now section 46-18-307 MCA, and the direct appeal of Fitzpatrick.
Before the homicide, Bernard James Fitzpatrick (defendant), had been imprisoned in…
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