Opinion

State v. Sauter

  • 125 Mont. 109
  • 232 P.2d 731
  • 1951 Mont. LEXIS 102
Court
Montana Supreme Court
Filed
Jun 7, 1951
Status
Published
Author
Metcalf
On the bench
Freebourn, Angstman, Metcalf, Adair, Bottomly
Cited by
27 cases

"Sexual acts, whether rape or no rape, originating in barroom pickups, powered by the urge, and consummated in automobiles, are entirely too common in this day and age to have much evidentiary value in showing a systematic scheme or plan."

How later courts described this case

  • "Sexual acts, whether rape or no rape, originating in barroom pickups, powered by the urge, and consummated in automobiles, are entirely too common in this day and age to have much evidentiary value in showing a systematic scheme or plan."

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

MR. JUSTICE METCALF:

I concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice Angstman.

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