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STATE v. MURDOCK

No. 12182.

500 P.2d 387 (1972)

STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Edward R. MURDOCK, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Dee Morris, Helena, for defendant and appellant.

Thomas F. Dowling, County Atty., Leif B. Erickson, Deputy County Atty. (argued), Robert L. Woodahl, Atty. Gen., J.C. Weingartner, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Helena, for plaintiff-respondent.

HASWELL, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of first degree arson following a jury trial in the district court of Lewis & Clark County, Hon. Victor H. Fall, district judge. Defendant was subsequently sentenced to ten years in the Montana State Prison and now appeals from the judgment of conviction.

During the month of June 1971, defendant Edward R. Murdock started to build a house on a tract of land in the Helena valley known as the Sewell tracts. By about...

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