State v. Schumaier

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Rick Schumaier appeals from a jury verdict and order of the South Central Judicial District Court finding him guilty of disorderly conduct. We reverse the verdict and order, and remand for a new trial, concluding a self-defense instruction should have been given.

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[¶ 2] Schumaier was tried before a jury on the charge of disorderly conduct. The charge stemmed from a fight between John Behles, Clarence Ruhland, Will Ruh-land, and, allegedly, Schumaier. The fight occurred after a wedding dance, outside the trailer home of Esther Ellison, Behles’s grandmother. As a result…