Legal Opinion

State v. McGuire

Montana Supreme Court

Decided December 7, 1938No. 7,831PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Goddard

Under the information the defendant was charged with grand larceny as defined infection 11368, Revised Codes. The information charges him with having money belonging to the state in his possession and custody and unlawfully appropriating the same to his own use, with the intent to deprive the state of its property. The record is barren of any testimony that the defendant appropriated the money in question to his own use with the intent to deprive the state of its property.

If we assume that the state made a prima facie case by showing the shortage, the verdict cannot stand because the shortage…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Ross v. Industrial Accident BoardMontana Supreme Court · 1938
  2. State v. LeonardWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  3. People v. BringardMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
  4. Cline v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
  5. Koppe v. StateOhio Court of Appeals · 1926

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Henry Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
  2. State v. SeitzingerMontana Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Hollins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1934
  4. State v. ReidMontana Supreme Court · 1954

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