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2023 Montana Code Annotated
Title 45. Crimes
Chapter 5. Offenses Against the Person
Part 1. Homicide
45-5-112. Inference of mental state
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MT Code § 45-5-112 (2023)
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45-5-112. Inference of mental state. In a deliberate homicide, knowledge or purpose may be inferred from the fact that the accused committed a homicide and no circumstances of mitigation, excuse, or justification appear.
History: En. 95-3004 by Sec. 12, Ch. 513, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 184, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 95-3004; MCA 1981, 46-16-203(2); redes. 45-5-112 by Code Commissioner, 1983.
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