State v. Andersen

OPINION

EHRLICH, Presiding Judge.

John James Andersen, Jr. (“defendant”) appeals and twice petitions for review from his conviction and sentence for negligent homicide. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment, grant review of the petitions and grant relief in part.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Jeffrey Fry worked for the defendant at the defendant’s ranch. During the evening of February 6, 1990, the defendant and Fry quarreled and Fry left for a Wiekenburg bar. Among Fry’s companions at the bar were Lisa Gallagher and Donny Chapman, another person employed on defendant’s ranch. After midnight, Fry…