SENTENCING: Sufficient evidence of intent to warrant 4-level enhancement for assault resulting in serious injury, 5-level enhancement for serious injury, 48 months substantively [Read more…]
The Weekly Digest of Montana Law
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SENTENCING: Sufficient evidence of intent to warrant 4-level enhancement for assault resulting in serious injury, 5-level enhancement for serious injury, 48 months substantively [Read more…]
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SENTENCING: No prejudice from amended PSR 5 days before hearing, with hearing continued 1 week… no error in failure to resolve ability-to-pay disputes since temporal term not [Read more…]
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SENTENCING: Mandatory minimum for aggravated sex abuse of minor not violative of equal protection as applied to Indian, not cruel & unusual… Cebull affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]
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SENTENCING: 98 months for possession of stolen guns substantively reasonable… Lovell affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]
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VENUE change to Oregon properly denied in child pornography case… Cebull affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]
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Plan I
Rebecca Tyler, 9/97, 7/08, 1/09, total, disputed, $50,000 new money, stipulated judgment; Stacy Tempel-St. John for Tyler, [Read more…]
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VENUE: Curtis’s transfer from Flathead to L&C under §25-2-201(3) not subject to interlocutory challenge. [Read more…]
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MARITAL: Supervisory control of Larson, Deschamps, GAL, CFS, psychologists, Board of Psychology denied in civil and criminal custody cases in which girls confessed to falsely accusing father of sexual abuse at urging of mother, and [Read more…]
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SENTENCE REVIEW: “Clearly inadequate or excessive” standard valid (over Petitioners’ argument for equitable [Read more…]
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SENTENCING: Removal of pet cats & dog proper condition of conviction for maintaining public nuisance in order to reduce likelihood of feeding feral cats which constituted the nuisance… McKinnon affirmed. [Read more…]