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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

46-16-606: Reasonable doubt as to which offense convicts only of least offense.

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  1. TITLE 46. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
  2. CHAPTER 16. TRIAL
  3. Part 6. Verdict -- Disposition of Defendant

When it appears beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant has committed an offense but there is reasonable doubt as to whether the defendant is guilty of a given offense or one or more lesser included offenses, the defendant may only be convicted of the greatest included offense about which there is no reasonable doubt.

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