ASSAULT WITH WEAPON: Denial of instruction on misdemeanor assault as lesser-included of felony assault with weapon improperly took reasonable apprehension and serious injury [Read more…]
The Weekly Digest of Montana Law
By Frank
ASSAULT WITH WEAPON: Denial of instruction on misdemeanor assault as lesser-included of felony assault with weapon improperly took reasonable apprehension and serious injury [Read more…]
By Frank
INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE not shown by not polling jury as to exposure to newspaper account of trial, nor by breakdown in communication initiated by Defendant, substitution of [Read more…]
By Frank
DUI: Sufficient evidence of “under the influence”… Phillips affirmed (IOR I-3(d)(v)). [Read more…]
By Frank
DUI: Particularized suspicion to stop… Curtis affirmed (IOR I-3(d)(v)). [Read more…]
By Frank
SENTENCING: Habeas challenge of sexual assault sentencing conditions rejected… order. [Read more…]
By Frank
VERDICT: $867,000, claimed crush between semis, lumbar/ribs fractures. [Read more…]
By Frank
ENVIRONMENT: FS erred in using nonexistent sage grouse to assess grazing impact… Molloy reversed. [Read more…]
By Frank
MACHINE GUN: Sufficient circumstantial evidence that Defendant knew he possessed a machine gun… Cebull affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]
By Frank
SENTENCING: Habeas Petitioner failed to show “actual innocence” of deliberate homicide, new evidence not significantly different from what jury considered… not [Read more…]
By Frank
SENTENCING: Sufficient evidence of intent to warrant 4-level enhancement for assault resulting in serious injury, 48 months substantively reasonable… Haddon affirmed [Read more…]