State v. Nordahl

Carolyn Jean Nordahl appeals from her conviction in the District Court of the Nineteenth Judicial District, Lincoln County, for the crime of attempted deliberate homicide. We affirm.

This is a companion case to State v. Gillham (Mont. 1983), [206 Mont. 169,] 670 P.2d 544, 40 St.Rep. 1576. In that case, we affirmed the conviction of Hank Gillham, who was found guilty of attempted deliberate homicide by reason of his unsuccessful attempt to murder Carolyn’s husband, Jean Nordahl, in November of 1981. Carolyn was implicated as the instigator of the attempted homicide.

On several occasions prior to…