Opinion

State v. Cline

  • 135 Mont. 372
  • 339 P.2d 657
  • 1959 Mont. LEXIS 41
Court
Montana Supreme Court
Filed
Mar 27, 1959
Status
Published
Author
Bottomly
On the bench
Guy C. Derry
Cited by
10 cases

“[t]here is substantial authority . . . holding that where the effect of the amendment of a statute is only to increase the prescribed punishment, the unchanged portion of the amended statute remains in effect”

How later courts described this case

  • “[t]here is substantial authority . . . holding that where the effect of the amendment of a statute is only to increase the prescribed punishment, the unchanged portion of the amended statute remains in effect”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

MR. JUSTICE BOTTOMLY:

I concur in the result for the reasons assigned by MR. JUSTICE ADAIR in his above memorandum.

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