State v. Armstrong

Defendant was convicted by jury verdict of deliberate homicide and robbery in the district court, Yellowstone County. Judge Charles Luedke sentenced him to consecutive prison terms of 100 years for deliberate homicide and 40 years for robbery. Defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction.

Because no eye-witness accounts of the crimes charged were presented at the trial, the state’s case was built upon testimony concerning the events preceding and following the crimes, the physical evidence related thereto, and evidence regarding police investigations.

We will only set forth those facts…