Legal Opinion
State v. McKenzie
Montana Supreme Court
Decided November 12, 1976No. 13011PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This appeal is from the district court, Cascade County, following a jury verdict of guilty to the crimes of deliberate homicide and aggravated kidnapping. Punishment under the codes of Montana for each crime: death.
Lana Harding was a 23 year old rural school teacher in Pon-dera County. On the morning of Tuesday, January 22, 1974, she failed to appear at school. At the Pioneer School teacherage, where she lived, the bed was found in a disheveled condition. The sheriff of Pondera County was called and officers were dispatched to the…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by57 opinions
- State v. McKenzieMontana Supreme Court · 1980
- State v. McKenzieMontana Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. FitzpatrickMontana Supreme Court · 1980
- Duncan Peder McKenzie Jr. v. Henry RisleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Duncan Peder McKenzie Jr. v. Rick Day, Director, Department of Corrections and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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