Legal Opinion
State v. Lester Kills on Top
Montana Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 1990No. 88-443PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Weber
Lester Kills on Top was convicted by jury in the Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Custer County, Montana, of robbery, aggravated kidnaping and deliberate homicide. He was sentenced to 40 years for robbery. He received the death penalty for each of the latter two convictions. Defendant appeals both the convictions and the sentences. We affirm.
The issues presented for our review are:
1. Whether the District Court had jurisdiction over the crimes for which the defendant was convicted.
2. Whether the District Court committed prejudicial error in ordering the defendant to disclose to the State any…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Booth v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Ronald Allen Smith v. Jack McCormick Warden, Montana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- State v. GrissomSupreme Court of Kansas · 1992
- Kills on Top v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 1995
- State v. Vern Kills on TopMontana Supreme Court · 1990
- State v. SmithMontana Supreme Court · 1996
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