McGuinn v. Risley

ORDER AND OPINION

On January 16, 1984, petitioner Thomas P. McGuinn, Sr., filed pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging his conviction and sentence for deliberate homicide in the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Montana in and for the County of Silver Bow, are illegal. The grounds alleged are: (1) failure to report closing arguments to the jury; (2) irrelevant and prejudicial closing argument by the prosecuting attorney; and, (3) failure of proof that the crime was committed in Silver Bow County, Montana.

On February 10, 1984, we granted petitioner’s…