The Court held that Salsgiver waived his state constitutional jury-trial right by failing to appear at the omnibus hearing, but did not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waive his federal constitutional jury-trial right for the serious PFMA charge.
Montana Supreme Court, 2019
Published opinions from 2019. The case name opens the case page.
2019 opinions
The Montana Supreme Court affirmed Neiss's convictions for deliberate homicide and evidence tampering. It held that officers do not need advance judicial authorization for a no-knock entry and may proceed when they reasonably suspect exigent circumstances; it also upheld the computer search and the…