STATE v. JENSEN

No. 11610.

455 P.2d 631 (1969)

The STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Dr. Leland JENSEN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided June 13, 1969.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tipp, Hoven & Brault, Vernon Hoven (argued), Missoula, for appellant.

Robert L. Woodahl, Atty. Gen., John C. Weingartner, Asst. Atty. Gen., (argued), Helena, Daniel J. Shea, Deputy County Atty. (argued), Missoula, for respondent.


BONNER, Justice.

Dr. Leland Jensen was found guilty by a jury in the district court of Missoula county of committing a lewd and lascivious act upon a female under the age of sixteen. He was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor at the Montana state prison. He now appeals from that conviction.

The state in presenting its case at trial used unusual methodology some of which is alleged as error here. Before proving the corpus delicti the state called...

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