# State v. Coloff

> Montana Supreme Court · April 11, 1951 · 125 Mont. 31

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9553598

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE, Respondent, v. COLOFF, Appellant
- **Court:** Montana Supreme Court
- **Decided:** April 11, 1951
- **Citations:** 125 Mont. 31; 231 P.2d 343
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Metcalf
- **Judges:** Freebourn, Adair, Angstman, Metcalf, Bottomly
- **Cited by:** 17 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ME. JUSTICE METCALF:
I concur with Mr. Justice Angstman’s dissent with respect to the admission of the record of previous commitment. The majority opinion merely comments on the evidence to indicate that the admission of the judgment and commitment in the perjury case may have been the decisive factor in the minds of the jury in finding the defendant guilty. Since the majority opinion returns this case for a new trial, I withhold any comment on the weight or sufficiency of the evidence.

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