Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Montana Supreme Court

Decided June 24, 2008No. DA 06-0389PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris

¶1 George H. Davis (Davis) appeals from the order of the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County, denying his motion to toll on equitable grounds the one-year time bar on post-conviction relief. We reverse and remand with instructions.

¶2 We review the following issue on appeal:

¶3 Did the District Court correctly deny Davis’s motion to toll on equitable grounds the one-year time bar in § 46-21-102, MCA, so that Davis could file a petition for post-conviction relief?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶4 Davis fled Ennis in a 1991 Ford Taurus after shooting seven people in the early…

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