Legal Opinion
State v. Olson
Montana Supreme Court
Decided January 12, 1971No. 11916PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON
delivered the opinion of the court.
An appeal from a judgement, entered on a verdict of guilty on two counts of rape in a ease tried in Lincoln County before the Hon. Robert Sykes. Defendant was sentenced to 60 years in the state prison.
Defendant alleges the trial court made numerous errors which are combined into 11 issues on appeal. In our view there are certain dominant issues that are meritorious which require the return of the case for a new trial and the thrust of our opinion will be to those issues only.
On the evening of October 2, 1969, two young mothers…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. DaughertyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
- State v. JensenMontana Supreme Court · 1969
- State v. LoganMontana Supreme Court · 1970
- State v. CorlissMontana Supreme Court · 1967
- State Ex Rel. Hanrahan v. District Court of the First Judicial DistrictMontana Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- State v. McKenzieMontana Supreme Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. KostkaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- State v. McKenzieMontana Supreme Court · 1978
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