Legal Opinion
State v. Furlong
Montana Supreme Court
Decided November 13, 1984No. 83-521PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Haswell
Defendant Chris Furlong was convicted of felony theft following a jury trial in Cascade County and sentenced to ten years in the Montana State Prison with an additional ten years added for being a persistent felony offender. Defendant appeals. We reverse and dismiss.
Two battery chargers and a portable welder were stolen from a garage at a residence in Great Falls sometime between the late evening hours of March 13 and the early morning hours of March 14, 1983.
An officer responding to the theft report passed Furlong in his car approximately ten blocks from the residence. Earlier, at…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- State v. SundayMontana Supreme Court · 1980
- State v. BuckleyMontana Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- State v. BarkerMontana Supreme Court · 1993
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