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STATE v. WOOSTER

No. 00-097.

16 P.3d 409 (2001)

2001 MT 4

STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Ronald C. WOOSTER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided January 18, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad L. Belke, Butte, MT, For Appellant.

Honorable Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General; Cregg W. Coughlin, Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Montana Robert M. McCarthy, County Attorney; Brad Newman, Deputy County Attorney, Butte, MT, For Respondent.

Justice W. WILLIAM LEAPHART delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Ronald Wooster (Wooster) appeals from the Second Judicial District Court's finding that he suffers from a mental disease or defect and its order denying his petition for release from the Montana State Hospital. We affirm the finding and order of the District Court.

¶ 2 In 1978, Wooster confessed to the murders of his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Stacy and his six-year-old daughter...

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