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· 10/4/2022

Skyline Consulting v. Mortensen

Citations

  • 518 P.3d 462
  • 2022 MT 192

Syllabus

Opinion - Published - Justice Baker, reversed and remanded.

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that the appellant had not shown a significant effect on the verdict when the challenged testimony was general in nature, cumulative to other evidence, corroborated by other evidence, and “only minimally relied on” at trial
  • stating that “decisions about which witnesses to interview are typically matters of trial strategy that we will not review”
  • “An error is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt if the jury’s verdict was surely unattributable to the error.”
  • “When an error implicates a constitutional right, we will award a new trial unless the error is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. An error is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt if the jury’s verdict was surely unattributable to the error.”

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