State v. Chappel

This is an appeal from a jury verdict of “guilty” wherein the defendant was charged with first degree assault in the district court of Yellowstone County, before the Honorable Guy C. Demy, presiding judge.

The defendant was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor on May 13, 1966. After a denial of a motion for a new trial this appeal followed.

The shooting victim, Mrs. Green, wont to the Stone Front Bar in Billings, Montana, between 8:00 p. m. and 9 .-00 p. m. on Christmas eve, December 24, 1965, without a male escort. On her arrival she extended seasons greetings to the owners and bartender of…