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· 7/18/2017

State v. F. Torres

Citations

  • 2017 MT 177
  • 388 Mont. 161
  • 398 P.3d 279
  • 2017 Mont. LEXIS 502
  • 2017 WL 3034064

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that defendant’s “challenge to his convictions based solely on conflicts in the evidence, which the jury resolved against him, is meritless”
  • holding that a claim of error was abandoned when the only legal authority cited by the appellant was the standard for considering the issue
  • holding that a claim of error was abandoned when the only legal authority cited by the appellant was the standard for considering this issue
  • holding that a claim of error was abandoned when the only legal authority cited by the appellant was the standard for considering the issue at hand
  • trial counsel’s failure to make a meritless objection cannot be the basis for a claim of ineffective assistance
  • “An attorney’s decision about which defense to present is a question of trial strategy, and more specifically, pursuit of an ‘all or nothing’ defense generally is a permissible trial strategy.” (citation modified)

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Judges: Rice, McGrath, McKinnon, Wheat, Shea

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