Legal Opinion

State v. Hamilton

Montana Supreme Court

Decided October 16, 2018No. DA 15-0253PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Justice Laurie McKinnon delivered the Opinion of the Court.

*853***105¶1 A jury convicted Jeffery Elec Hamilton (Hamilton) of two counts of incest. The Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, sentenced Hamilton to 100 years imprisonment with 75 years suspended and 25 years of parole ineligibility on each count. Hamilton appeals, and we address the following issues:

1. Did Hamilton waive his statutory vagueness claims by failing to ***106raise them before trial?

2. Did Hamilton waive his objections to the District Court's sentence by failing to raise them below?

3. Did the District Court err…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. State v. LenihanMontana Supreme Court · 1979
  2. State v. KotwickiMontana Supreme Court · 2007
  3. State v. WarclubMontana Supreme Court · 2005
  4. State v. WestMontana Supreme Court · 2008
  5. State v. LaneMontana Supreme Court · 1998

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3Cited by7 opinions

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