Legal Opinion

Schaff v. State

Montana Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 2003No. 02-328PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Regnier

¶1 Appellant Richard D. Schaff filed a petition for post-conviction relief in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County. The District Court denied the petition, and Schaff appeals. We affirm the judgment of the District Court.

¶2 We restate the sole issue on appeal as follows:

¶3 Did the District Court err in denying Schaff s petition for post-conviction relief?

BACKGROUND

¶4 Richard D. Schaff was charged by information with one count of attempted deliberate homicide, one count of aggravated kidnaping, and two counts of sexual intercourse without consent on October 19, 1995. The…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. WrightMontana Supreme Court · 2001
  3. State v. SchaffMontana Supreme Court · 1998
  4. State v. HagenMontana Supreme Court · 2002
  5. State v. SchaffMontana Supreme Court · 2001

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Whitlow v. StateMontana Supreme Court · 2008
  2. State v. CobellMontana Supreme Court · 2004
  3. State v. SantoroMontana Supreme Court · 2019

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