State v. Soraich

¶1 Luke Soraich was convicted of deliberate homicide in a jury trial in the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County. He appeals. We affirm.

¶2 The issue is whether the District Court erred in denying the defense’s motions for a mistrial, depriving Soraich of his right to a fair trial.

¶3 In the early morning hours of January 20,1996, Dane Jensen was killed in his Billings, Montana, home by a single gunshot to the head, fired at close range. Two of Jensen’s friends, Leonard “Deuce” Driver and Luke Soraich, were present. Three others, A. J. Ellison, Lindsay Johnson, and Tom Meuret, sat…