State Ex Rel. Kuntz v. Montana Thirteenth Judicial District Court

¶1 This is an original proceeding in this Court involving an application for a writ of supervisory control. On January 8,1999, the District Court for the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, issued an Order denying Bonnie Kuntz’s motion to dismiss or strike an amended information. The amended information alleged, under one charge, that Kuntz negligently caused the death of Warren Becker by stabbing and then failing to call for medical assistance. Kuntz contended that her affirmative defense ofjustifiable use of force nullified any conceivable duty she had to render aid to Becker…