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State v. Turner

Citations

  • 262 Mont. 39
  • 50 State Rptr. 1267
  • 864 P.2d 235
  • 1993 Mont. LEXIS 307

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  • overruling State v. Goodwin, 249 Mont. 1, 813 P.2d 953 (1991), invoking the rule of lenity
  • \It is a well recognized principle of law that juries are presumed to follow the law as given them.\
  • “It is a well recognized principle of law that juries are presumed to follow the law as given them.”

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Judges: Harrison, Turnage, Weber, McDonough, Trieweiler, Hunt, Gray

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