Montana Supreme Court· 11/12/1997
State v. Castle
Citations
- 948 P.2d 688
- 285 Mont. 363
- 54 State Rptr. 1194
- 1997 Mont. LEXIS 244
- 1997 WL 719603
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[T]here must be some basis from which a jury could rationally conclude that the defendant is guilty of the lesser, but not the greater offense.” (emphasis added)
- purpose of providing lesser-included offense instructions when evidence supports them is to prevent conviction of greater offense rather than acquittal when the jury is convinced the defendant is guilty of some crime
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Judges: Hunt, Turnage, Trieweiler, Regnier, Leaphart, Nelson, Gray
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- State v. BeaversMontana Supreme Court· 1999-10-26· cited 58×
- State v. MartinMontana Supreme Court· 2001-05-10· cited 37×
- Skakel v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-04-20· cited 37×
- State v. RobbinsMontana Supreme Court· 1998-12-08· cited 32×
- State v. JayMontana Supreme Court· 2013-03-26· cited 29×
- State v. SchmalzMontana Supreme Court· 1998-08-25· cited 25×
- State v. ElliottMontana Supreme Court· 2002-02-21· cited 23×
- State v. HowellMontana Supreme Court· 1998-02-09· cited 21×
- State v. SchmidtMontana Supreme Court· 2009-12-31· cited 19×
- State v. FloresMontana Supreme Court· 1998-12-30· cited 17×
- State v. HoffmanMontana Supreme Court· 2003-02-19· cited 17×
- State v. SellnerMontana Supreme Court· 1997-12-29· cited 15×
- State v. G. DennyMontana Supreme Court· 2021-05-04· cited 10×
- State v. DanielsMontana Supreme Court· 2017-06-30· cited 9×
- Taylor v. StateMontana Supreme Court· 2014-06-03· cited 7×
- State v. FuquaMontana Supreme Court· 2000-10-29· cited 6×
- State v. FrancisMontana Supreme Court· 2001-11-29· cited 6×
- State v. FeltzMontana Supreme Court· 2010-03-16· cited 6×
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
- Keeble v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 1,048×
- Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1994-06-27· cited 931×
- People v. GeigerCalifornia Supreme Court· 1984-02-02· cited 261×
- State v. BuckleyMontana Supreme Court· 1976-12-15· cited 51×
- State v. SteffesMontana Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 41×
- State v. GopherMontana Supreme Court· 1981-09-14· cited 36×
- State v. HendersonMontana Supreme Court· 1994-07-07· cited 30×
- United States v. Jules I. LittwinSixth Circuit· 1964-11-16· cited 29×
- State v. FischMontana Supreme Court· 1994-09-20· cited 29×
- State v. GreywaterMontana Supreme Court· 1997-01-02· cited 21×
- State v. SmithMontana Supreme Court· 1996-05-14· cited 20×
- State v. GreywaterMontana Supreme Court· 1997-01-30· cited 20×
- State v. CollettMontana Supreme Court· 1946-03-30· cited 18×
- State v. LeybaMontana Supreme Court· 1996-01-09· cited 17×
- State v. CampbellMontana Supreme Court· 1978-07-26· cited 16×
- State v. LongMontana Supreme Court· 1995-12-05· cited 16×
- People v. WilliamsMichigan Court of Appeals· 1985-06-18· cited 16×
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