Legal Opinion
State v. Guill
Montana Supreme Court
Decided April 6, 2010No. DA 08-0561PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Leaphart
¶1 Douglas Guill (Douglas) was convicted by a jury in the Twentieth Judicial District Court, Sanders County, of five counts of sexual misconduct against his daughter. Douglas appeals his conviction, arguing that the District Court committed reversible error by admitting testimony of uncharged misconduct. We affirm.
¶2 The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred by allowing the prosecution to present evidence of uncharged misconduct.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶3 The events giving rise to this case go back a short lifetime. From the evidence introduced at trial, the…
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