State v. Hill

¶1 The Defendant, Kippy Joe Hill, was charged by Information filed in the District Court for the Twenty-First Judicial District in Ravalli County with the offense of deliberate homicide. The prosecution later added counts of sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, and an alternative deliberate homicide charge pursuant to § 45-5-102(l)(b), MCA (the felony murder statute). Hill pled not guilty to all charges. The jury found Hill guilty of deliberate homicide and not guilty of the remaining charges. Hill appeals from his conviction. We affirm the judgment of the District Court.

¶2 Hill presents…