Montana v. Imlay, 506 U.S. 5 (1992) (per curiam)

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OCTOBER TERM, 1992

Stevens, J., concurring

MONTANA v. IMLAY

certiorari to the supreme court of montana

No. 91-687. Argued October 7, 1992—Decided November 3, 1992

Certiorari dismissed. Reported below: 249 Mont. 82, 813 P. 2d 979.

Marc Racicot, Attorney General of Montana, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Elizabeth L. Griffing, Assistant Attorney General.

Billy B. Miller argued the cause and filed briefs for respondent.*

Per Curiam.

The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.

Justice Stevens, concurring.

When the trial judge revoked respondent's parole, he reinstated a 5-year sentence of imprisonment. On appeal, the Montana Supreme Court, in the decision before us, vacated the revocation order and remanded the case for resentencing. 249 Mont. 82, 813 P. 2d 979 (1991). The trial court subse-

*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the United States by Solicitor General Starr, Assistant Attorney General Mueller, and Deputy Solicitor General Bryson; and for the State of Vermont et al. by Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Attorney General of Vermont, and Donald F. Hartman, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Charles E. Cole of Alaska, Paul J. McMurdie of Arizona, Charles M. Oberly III of Delaware, Robert T. Stephan of Kansas, Chris Gorman of Kentucky, Richard P. Ieyoub of Louisiana, Frank J. Kelley of Michigan, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, Robert J. Del Tufo of New Jersey, Lacy H. Thornburg of North Carolina, Lee Fisher of Ohio, Ernest D. Preate, Jr., of Pennsylvania, T. Travis Medlock of South Carolina, Mark Barnett of South Dakota, Paul Van Dam of Utah, and Mary Sue Terry of Virginia.

John E. B. Myers filed a brief for the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children as amicus curiae.

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