State v. Logan

Defendant was charged with the crime of first degree murder in the district court of the fifth judicial district, Beaverhead County. Trial was had before the Hon. Philip C. Duncan, district judge, presiding with a jury. The jury returned a verdict of voluntary manslaughter. Judgment was entered thereon imposing a sentence of ten years imprisonment with the last five years suspended. Following Judge Duncan’s denial of defendant’s motion for a new trial, defendant appeals from the judgment and denial of a new trial.

The basis of the murder charge was a shooting that occurred in the Moose Bar in…