DID YOU KNOW MONTANA ONLY HAS TWO DEATH ROW INMATES?
Montana only has two current death row inmates. Who are they and what did they do?
The first is Ronald Allen Smith, 66. He's been on Montana's death row since 1983. What did he do? He killed two native American Cousins who picked him up while he was hitchhiking. The cousins were taken into the woods where Smith then shot both of them in the head. Police say he was under the influence of LSD when he committed the murders. He is from Canada.
Montana prison inmate photo
Here is his rap sheet from the Montana Department of Corrections.
DOCKET: DC83-029
COUNTY: Flathead
JUDGE: Keedy
COUNTS: 1
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: MSP/MWP None Suspended
OFFENSE: Escape
CODE: 457306
OFFENSE DATE: 1/26/1983
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 3/22/1983
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 120
DOCKET: DC83-029
COUNTY: Flathead
JUDGE: Keedy
COUNTS: 1
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: MSP/MWP None Suspended
OFFENSE: Aggravated Kidnapping
CODE: 455303
OFFENSE DATE: 8/4/1982
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 3/22/1983
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 120
DOCKET: DC83-029
COUNTY: Flathead
JUDGE: Keedy
COUNTS: 1
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: MSP/MWP None Suspended
OFFENSE: Committed w/Dangerous Weapon
CODE: 4618221
OFFENSE DATE: 1/26/1983
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 3/22/1983
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 60
DOCKET: 82-126
COUNTY: Flathead
JUDGE: Keedy
COUNTS: 2
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: Death
OFFENSE: Deliberate Homicide
CODE: 455102
OFFENSE DATE: 8/4/1982
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 3/22/1983
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 0
DOCKET: 82-126
COUNTY: Flathead
JUDGE: Keedy
COUNTS: 2
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: Death
OFFENSE: Aggravated Kidnapping
CODE: 455303
OFFENSE DATE: 8/4/1982
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 3/22/1983
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 0
The second and only other one on Montana's death row is William Jay Gollehon. He killed a woman in Billings, Montana in 1985 and then while in prison he beat a fellow inmate to death with a baseball bat.
William Gollehon
Below is his rap sheet from State Prison Records.
DOCKET: DC-82-87
COUNTY: Lake
JUDGE: Wheelis
COUNTS: 1
LEGAL TYPE: Sentence Review with Changes
SENTENCE TYPE: MSP/MWP None Suspended
OFFENSE: Aggravated Assault Felony Assault
CODE: 455202
OFFENSE DATE: 3/9/1982
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 6/10/1983
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 120
DOCKET: DC-82-87
COUNTY: Lake
JUDGE: Wheelis
COUNTS: 1
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: MSP/MWP None Suspended
OFFENSE: Aggravated Burglary
CODE: 4562042
OFFENSE DATE: 3/9/1982
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 6/10/1983
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 120
DOCKET: DC85277
COUNTY: Yellowstone
JUDGE: Baugh
COUNTS: 1
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: MSP/MWP None Suspended
OFFENSE: Deliberate Homicide
CODE: 455102
OFFENSE DATE: 8/22/1985
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 7/31/1986
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 1200
DOCKET: DC85277
COUNTY: Yellowstone
JUDGE: Baugh
COUNTS: 1
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: MSP/MWP None Suspended
OFFENSE: Committed w/Dangerous Weapon
CODE: 4618221
OFFENSE DATE: 8/22/1985
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 7/31/1986
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 120
DOCKET: DC-91-02
COUNTY: Powell
JUDGE: Mclean
COUNTS: 1
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: Death
OFFENSE: Deliberate Homicide
CODE: 455102
OFFENSE DATE: 9/2/1990
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 3/16/1992
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 0
DOCKET: DC-92-05
COUNTY: Powell
JUDGE: Mizner
COUNTS: 1
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: MSP/MWP None Suspended
OFFENSE: Burglary
CODE: 456204
OFFENSE DATE: 9/22/1991
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 10/24/1992
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 240
DOCKET: DC-92-05
COUNTY: Powell
JUDGE: Mizner
COUNTS: 2
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: MSP/MWP None Suspended
OFFENSE: Kidnapping
CODE: 455302
OFFENSE DATE: 9/22/1991
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 10/24/1992
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 120
DOCKET: DC-92-05
COUNTY: Powell
JUDGE: Mizner
COUNTS: 5
LEGAL TYPE: Original Sentence
SENTENCE TYPE: Life
OFFENSE: Deliberate Homicide
CODE: 455102
OFFENSE DATE: 9/22/1991
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED: 10/24/1992
SENTENCE (MONTHS): 0
One last note, hanging was allowed as a form of execution up until 1995 in Montana. At the same time, Montana adopted lethal injection as the sole method of execution. The last hanging in Montana was in 1943.
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