State v. Mathis

9 Citing cases

  1. State v. Akhmedli

    412 Mont. 538 (Mont. 2023)   Cited 1 times

    We review a district court's "application of the Constitution to determine if it is correct." State v. Mathis , 2003 MT 112, ¶ 8, 315 Mont. 378, 68 P.3d 756. A statute is "presumed constitutional unless it conflicts with the Montana Constitution, in the judgement of the [C]ourt, beyond a reasonable doubt."

  2. State v. Rhine

    297 S.W.3d 301 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009)   Cited 31 times
    Holding that "materials, other than plant growth, that produce air contaminants when burned are what is meant by ‘waste’ " in the enabling provision of Section 382.018 of the Clean Air Act

    The Supreme Court of Florida explained: See Williams, 146 Tex.Crim. at 438, 176 S.W.2d at 183; Walden v. Hart, 243 Ark. 650, 652, 420 S.W.2d 868, 870 (1967); Barco Beverage Corp., 595 N.E.2d at 253-54; State ex rel. Tomasic v. Wyandotte County, 264 Kan. 293, 303-04, 955 P.2d 1136, 1148 (1998); Board of Trustees, 132 S.W.3d at 782; Lewis v. State Dept. of Human Serv., 433 A.2d 743, 747-48 (Me. 1981); Turmon, 417 Mich, at 644-45, 340 N.W.2d at 623-24; State v. Mathis, 315 Mont. 378, 382, 68 P.3d 756, 760 (2003); Cobb v. State Canvassing Board, 140 N.M. 77, 89, 140 P.3d 498, 510 (2006); Moschell, 2004 SD at P15-16, 677 N.W.2d at 558-59; Found, for Indep. Living, 214 W.Va. at 830, 591 S.E.2d at 756.

  3. Marriage of McMichael

    333 Mont. 517 (Mont. 2006)   Cited 28 times

    ¶ 14 We read statutes in their entirety when construing legislative intent. State v. Mathis, 2003 MT 112, ¶ 27, 315 Mont. 378, ¶ 27, 68 P.3d 756, ¶ 27. We will not determine the legislative intent based upon the wording of any particular section or sentence, but only from a consideration of the statute as a whole.

  4. State v. Allum

    327 Mont. 363 (Mont. 2005)   Cited 17 times
    Holding that the prosecution's failure to obtain bank surveillance video before it was destroyed by the bank did not violate the prosecution's duty to disclose exculpatory evidence

    Whether a statute is unconstitutional is a question of law. State v. Mathis, 2003 MT 112, ¶ 8, 315 Mont. 378, ¶ 8, 68 P.3d 756, ¶ 8. DISCUSSIONISSUE ONE

  5. State v. Valenzuela

    2021 MT 244 (Mont. 2021)   Cited 8 times

    The Court's analysis simply ignores the fundamental tenet that we must construe statutes in context as a whole, with harmonious effect to all distinct statutory "provisions or particulars." Section 1-2-101, MCA; State v. Mathis, 2003 MT 112, ¶ 27, 315 Mont. 378, 68 P.3d 756. The Court provides no justification or explanation for its conflation or merger of these distinct statutory provisions into a "single standard."

  6. Nunez v. Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc'y of N.Y., Inc.

    398 Mont. 261 (Mont. 2020)   Cited 14 times

    ¶30 Jehovah’s Witnesses point out that imposing a narrow definition of confidentiality impermissibly could discriminate between different religious beliefs and practices, protecting confidentiality of reports made in a confession from a parishioner to priest, like the traditional Catholic practice, while offering no protection to a congregant’s disclosures to a committee of elders using a process like that followed by the Jehovah’s Witnesses. "It is the duty of courts, if possible, to construe statutes in a manner that avoids unconstitutional interpretation." State v. Mathis , 2003 MT 112, ¶ 8, 315 Mont. 378, 68 P.3d 756 (citation omitted). The Establishment Clause ensures that "one religious denomination [will] not be officially preferred over another."

  7. Mont. Indep. Living Project v. Mont. Dep't of Trans.

    398 Mont. 204 (Mont. 2019)   Cited 5 times

    Accordingly, when delegating powers to an administrative body, the Legislature must prescribe a policy, standard, or rule for their guidance and must not vest them with an arbitrary and uncontrolled discretion. Bacus , 138 Mont. at 78, 354 P.2d at 1061 ; State v. Mathis , 2003 MT 112, ¶ 15, 315 Mont. 378, 68 P.3d 756. If the Legislature does not prescribe with reasonable clarity the limits of this power, or if the limits are overly broad, its attempt to delegate is void.

  8. State v. Cybulski

    349 Mont. 429 (Mont. 2009)   Cited 40 times
    Declining appellate review of issues inadequately briefed

    We review de novo a district court's conclusions of law and interpretations of the rules of evidence. Mizenko, ¶ 8 (citing State v. Villanueva, 2005 MT 192, ¶ 9, 328 Mont. 135, 118 P.3d 179; State v. Mathis, 2003 MT 112, ¶ 8, 315 Mont. 378, 68 P.3d 756). ¶ 58 At the pretrial evidentiary hearing, the State introduced a transcript of the 911 calls from the night of Cybulski's arrest reporting a vehicle traveling the wrong direction on the interstate.

  9. State v. Mizenko

    330 Mont. 299 (Mont. 2006)   Cited 44 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Applying the third Crawford formulation and holding an excited utterance during a 911 call to be nontestimonial

    We review a district court's conclusions of law and interpretations of the Constitution or the rules of evidence, de novo. State v. Villanueva, 2005 MT 192, ¶ 9, 328 Mont. 135, ¶ 9, 118 P.3d 179, ¶ 9; State v. Mathis, 2003 MT 112, ¶ 8, 315 Mont. 178, ¶ 8, 68 P.3d 756, ¶ 8; see United States v. Blue Bird (8th Cir. 2004), 372 F.3d 989, 991. DISCUSSION