Legal Opinion
State v. Castle
Montana Supreme Court
Decided November 12, 1997No. 96-172PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
Douglas Castle (appellant) appeals from a jury verdict and judgment of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County convicting him of deliberate homicide. We reverse and remand.
Appellant raises two issues on appeal.
1. Did the District Court err when it refused appellant’s proposed instruction that assault is a lesser included offense of deliberate homicide?
2. Did the admission of Cassell’s hearsay statements violate the Montana Rules of Evidence?
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On November 18, 1994, John Formo (Formo) was murdered. His body was discovered the next morning in a dumpster in an…
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