State v. Harris

Phillip Harris appeals from a judgment entered in the District Court for the Sixteenth Judicial District, Custer County. The judgment followed a jury verdict finding Harris guilty of aggravated assault. We affirm the conviction.

On September 6, 1981, Gordon Arthur was shot in the left knee with a shotgun outside the Wild Horse Pavilion bar east of Miles City. Arthur had stopped there after spending the day in Bainville; he was on his way to Billings. According to Arthur, he had numerous drinks at the Wild Horse while visiting with the bartender (the defendant in this case), Phillip Harris, and…