State v. Spalding

Bonny Lynn Spalding appeals her convictions of accountability for robbery and criminal endangerment following a jury trial in the Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County. We affirm.

Ms. Spalding raises the following issue:

Did the District Court err when it refused to instruct the jury that the defense of compulsion may be found when the defendant acts to protect a third person from harm?

In 1990, Bonny Lynn Spalding lived in Seattle, Washington, with her two-and-a-half-year-old son, Vincent. In February, 1990, Bonny met Dan Orozco. The two began dating and established a relationship. Although…