State v. Longneck

On November 19,1980, Emil Longneck was charged with deliberate homicide under a felony-murder theory in the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, Hill County. A jury found him not guilty of deliberate homicide but guilty of the lesser-included offense of aggravated assault. Upon motion by the defendant, the District Court entered an order acquitting the defendant notwithstanding the verdict. The State appeals the District Court’s order. We reverse.

The deliberate homicide charge arose from the death of Curtis Alexander, whose body was found on a street in Havre, Montana, at…