State v. Strauss

¶1 Following a jury trial in the Twentieth Judicial District Court, Sanders County, Alicia Marlene Strauss was convicted of negligent homicide and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment, with ten years suspended. Strauss received an additional ten-year prison term for her use of a weapon during the commission of the offense. She now appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

¶2 The following issues are raised on appeal:

¶3 (1) Whether the District Court erred when it admitted two video tape recordings of the crime scene, one of which included an audio portion and one that depicted the…