State v. Jill Marie Lotter

¶1 A jury in the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, found Jill Marie Lotter guilty of the attempted deliberate homicide of her husband, Mike, and the court entered judgment against her. Lotter appeals. We affirm.

¶2 We address the following issues on appeal:

1. Did the District Court err when it excluded Lotter’s proposed expert witness testimony about the behaviors of individuals in abusive relationships and their diagnoses of Lotter with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

2. Did the District Court err when it admitted Mike’s alleged prior inconsistent statement to a…