State v. Enfinger

Ronald Enfinger appeals a Lake County jury verdict convicting him of mitigated deliberate homicide. He also appeals the Lake County District Court’s action in designating him as a dangerous offender. The two issues on appeal are: (1) whether the District Court erred in instructing the jury on self-defense, and (2) whether the District Court improperly designated appellant as a dangerous offender. We affirm the conviction and the sentence imposed on appellant.

In the early morning hours of March 23, 1983, the appellant stabbed his friend Glenn Howard to death in Poison, Montana. The appellant…