Legal Opinion

State v. Veis

Montana Supreme Court

Decided June 25, 1998No. 97-169PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trieweiler

¶1 The defendant, Douglas Veis, was charged in the District Court for the Thirteenth Judicial District in Yellowstone County with four felony counts of sexual intercourse without consent. After a trial in which Veis objected to certain evidentiary offerings by the State, a jury convicted Veis of all four counts, and he received forty-year sentences for each offense. Veis appeals. We affirm the judgment of the District Court.

¶2 There are two issues on appeal:

¶3 1. Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it admitted testimony from one of the victims regarding prior acts by Veis?

¶4 2.…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Tome v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. State v. JustMontana Supreme Court · 1979
  3. State v. MattMontana Supreme Court · 1991
  4. State v. GravesMontana Supreme Court · 1995
  5. State v. CanonMontana Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by27 opinions

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