STATE v. PONTHIER

No. 10072.

346 P.2d 974 (1959)

STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Norbert PONTHIER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided November 30, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berger, Stotesbury & Moe, Peder Moe., Jr., Billings, Peder Moe, Jr., argued orally for appellant.

Forrest H. Anderson, Atty. Gen., Wayne A. Linnell, Asst. Atty Gen., William J. Speare, County Atty., Billings, Wayne A. Linnell, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued orally, for respondent.


LESTER H. LOBLE, District Judge, sitting in place of Mr. Justice CASTLES.

In an information filed in the district court for Yellowstone County, defendant, Norbert Ponthier, was charged with committing the infamous crime against nature "by wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously having carnal knowledge of the body of one Lee Everett Schoonover, a male person."

The action came on regularly for trial on June 8, 1959. The defendant was found guilty and sentenced...

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