State v. Laird
Montana Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Justice Laurie McKinnon delivered the Opinion of the Court.
***35¶1 A jury in the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, Big Horn County, convicted *422Brian David Laird (Laird) of deliberate homicide. The District Court sentenced Laird to incarceration for 100 years with no time suspended. Laird appeals. He raises three issues, which we restate as:
1. Did the fifteen-year preaccusation delay unconstitutionally prejudice Laird?
2. Did the State present sufficient evidence in its case-in-chief to overcome Laird's motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence?
3. Did the District Court abuse its…
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