Legal Opinion

State v. Webster

Montana Supreme Court

Decided February 22, 2005No. 04-044PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Gray

¶1 A jury in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, found Victor Webster, Sr., guilty of possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. The District Court imposed sentence and entered judgment. Webster appeals, arguing that his counsel was ineffective in several respects. We conclude Webster’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel cannot be addressed without considering matters outside the record and, accordingly, this appeal must be dismissed.

¶2 We restate the issue as whether Webster’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel may be raised on…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Nix v. WhitesideSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. State v. HendricksMontana Supreme Court · 2003
  4. State v. HartMontana Supreme Court · 2000
  5. State v. TurnsplentyMontana Supreme Court · 2003

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. UpshawMontana Supreme Court · 2006
  2. State v. HamiltonMontana Supreme Court · 2007
  3. Longjaw v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 2012
  4. State v. M. AilerMontana Supreme Court · 2018
  5. D. Burchill v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 2024

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