State v. Beach
Montana Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gulbrandson
*138Defendant appeals from a denial of his motion to suppress, motion for change of venue, jury verdict of guilty of deliberate homicide, and sentence imposed thereon; all rendered in the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District, Roosevelt County, Montana. We affirm.
On June 16, 1979, the body of Kimberly Nees was discovered in the Poplar River near Poplar, Montana. She had been bludgeoned to death. The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office investigated the crime, but was unable to make an immediate arrest. High on the list of suspects was the defendant, Barry Allen Beach.
Several years later,…
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