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Montana Supreme Court Holds Failure to Instruct Jury on State’s Burden of Proof is Plain Error

by Dale Chappell

It is plain error when a trial court fails to instruct the jury on the burden of proof for justifiable use of force and who carries that burden, even if the error was not preserved for review on appeal, the Supreme Court of Montana held December 19, ...

 

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