· 8/17/2021
JRN Holdings v. Dearborn Meadows
Citations
- 2021 MT 204
Syllabus
Opinion - Published - Justice Baker, affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded.
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- reasoning that, “an absolute identity of factual backgrounds” is not required but “a mere de minimis duplication of factual and legal issues is insufficient to establish a logical relationship”
- reasoning that, “an absolute identity of factual backgrounds” is not required but “a mere de minimis duplication of factual and legal issues is insufficient to establish a logical relationship”
- stressing the significance of a substantial duplication of issues of law and fact before a logical relationship can be found
- applying earlier holding from Hude and instructing that courts considering the logical-relationship prong should look at the temporal and logical relationship among the charges to determine whether they arose from a single criminal episode
- separate drug transactions were not same criminal episode where different evidence was required to prove defendant’s guilt in the separate cases
- separate drug transactions were not same criminal episode where different evidence was required to prove defendant’s guilt in the separate cases
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