Legal Opinion

Tooker v. State

Montana Supreme Court

Decided February 11, 1966No. 10984PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by petitioner Who is now serving a forty year term in the state penitentiary for the crime of murder. Petitioner was tried before the Honorable C. B. Elwell in the district court of the twelfth judicial district, in and for the County of Hill, State of Montana.

Petitioner was found guilty of second degree murder in October 1963. No appeal was taken by petitioner. He filed this petition in this court on May 25, 1965.

lilis is the petitioner’s third appearance in this court. See Petition…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Motes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  5. Archina v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1957

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. L. StrommenMontana Supreme Court · 2024
  2. Hanson v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Petition of TookerMontana Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Petition of GallagherMontana Supreme Court · 1968
  5. State v. LoweryMontana Supreme Court · 1966

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