State v. Daniels

We reverse for a new trial the judgment of conviction of Nolan T. Daniels for mitigated deliberate homicide following jury trial in Beaverhead County, Fifth Judicial District.

Nolan T. Daniels, a 43-year-old ranch hand, had lived in the Beaverhead County area for about ten years, until 1981, *5during which time he did ranch work and tended bar. Jimmy John Nolan, the victim in this case, was also a ranch hand and a resident of the Beaverhead County area at the time of the shooting. In previous years, Daniels and Jimmy John had crossed paths, sometimes to express indifferent or hostile feelings…