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Cavanaugh v. Crist

Montana Supreme Court

Decided August 14, 1980No. 80-194PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harrison

This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus in which petitioners James Cavanaugh and James Mesler jointly challenge the constitutionality of section 46-18-202(2), MCA. That section permits district judges to sentence persons convicted of felonies to imprisonment with no possibility of parole or participation in the prisoner furlough program.

James Cavanaugh received concurrent sentences of one hundred years and twenty years for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault. James Mesler was sentenced to ten years for robbery. The district judges imposed the restrictions of…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. Mempa v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Board of Pardons v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. State v. GarrymoreMontana Supreme Court · 2006
  3. State v. SmithMontana Supreme Court · 1985
  4. State v. NicholsMontana Supreme Court · 1986
  5. State v. CootzIdaho Court of Appeals · 1986

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