Legal Opinion

State v. Pinkerton

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 17, 1995No. 94-213PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage

The State of Montana appeals the decision of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, granting defendant Ernest Pinkerton’s motion to dismiss. We reverse.

The issue is whether the District Court erred in granting Ernest’s motion to dismiss the two-count information filed against him.

On July 16, 1993, the Gallatin County Attorney’s Office filed an affidavit of probable cause and a motion for leave to file an information charging Ernest with misdemeanor domestic abuse in violation of § 45-5-206, MCA, and felony assault in violation of § 45-5-202, MCA. The affidavit of probable…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State v. FitzpatrickMontana Supreme Court · 1980
  2. State Ex Rel. Fletcher v. District Court of Nineteenth Judicial DistrictMontana Supreme Court · 1993
  3. State v. White WaterMontana Supreme Court · 1981
  4. State v. RamseyUtah Supreme Court · 1989
  5. State v. MaxwellMontana Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. StringerMontana Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Commonwealth v. ClementsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
  3. State v. FinleyMontana Supreme Court · 2011
  4. State v. HagbergMontana Supreme Court · 1996
  5. United States v. BaheDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 1998

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