Montana Supreme Court· 12/13/1996

State v. Smith

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931 P.2d 1272
280 Mont. 158
53 State Rptr. 1345
1996 Mont. LEXIS 259

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holding that the trial court did not err in refusing to consider defendant’s offered proportionality evidence, because this type of evidence “does not relate to the specific defendant and the specific crime(s
holding shareholder liable for his corporation’s contractual obligations using an alter ego theory of liability
“If an Eighth Amendment chállenge based on delay were to prevail, then the procedures designed to promote fair adjudication in death penalty cases would in themselves be used to ultimately defeat their own purpose.”
“A further rationale for limiting proportionality review of other cases to cases in which the death penalty was proposed is that only when the death penalty is sought will a record exist concerning aggravating and mitigating circumstances.”
\A further rationale for limiting proportionality review of other cases to cases in which the death penalty was proposed is that only when the death penalty is sought will a record exist concerning aggravating and mitigating circumstances.\
13 years; sentence overturned once

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Judges: Turnage, Trieweiler, Leaphart, Gray, Nelson, Erdmann, Hunt

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