State v. Bashor

Defendant Howard L. Bashor appeals from his conviction by a jury in Toole County of the crime of deliberate homicide.

This case arose out of the death of James Hurley. It is undisputed that Hurley died of a gunshot wound and that defendant fired the fatal shot. The parties, however, present conflicting versions of the events which led to Hurley’s death.

The State’s version is that Hurley, Marian Irgens, Duane Enneberg, and Jeanette Frost visited a bar in Kevin, Montana, on the evening of December 2, 1977. During the evening, Marian Irgens twice observed defendant’s car being driven down the…