Legal Opinion

State v. Godsey

Montana Supreme Court

Decided December 29, 1982No. 82-129PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Haswell

Defendant was convicted of one count of possession of dangerous drugs, a misdemeanor, and of one count of criminal sale of dangerous drugs, a felony, in a Powder River County trial held before the judge sitting without a jury. The District Court dismissed a third count charging possession of dangerous drugs, cocaine, for insufficient evidence. Defendant now appeals. We affirm.

On Saturday morning, March 14, 1981, the Powder River County sheriff’s office received a complaint from Broadus resident Anne Amsden that a vehicle was speeding in her neighborhood. She was concerned for the safety of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. G. M. Leasing Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. LohMontana Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Plotts v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  3. State v. RomeroMontana Supreme Court · 1986
  4. State v. HaskinsMontana Supreme Court · 1994
  5. State v. HolmesMontana Supreme Court · 1983

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