State v. Mix

This is an appeal from the Sixteenth Judicial District, Rosebud County, Montana, of a conviction of deliberate homicide, a felony, following a jury trial. The appellant appeals his sentence of 100 years for the deliberate homicide and an additional ten-year sentence for the use of a weapon in the commission of the crime. We affirm.

On September 2, 1987, the body of Sarah Sloan was found on the banks of the Yellowstone River near the town of Forsyth, Montana. Investigating officers found that the victim’s body had suffered numerous chest wounds. In addition they found considerable evidence…