State v. Crazy Boy

Lester William Crazy Boy (defendant) appeals from a Cascade County District Court order denying his motion for a new trial after his conviction for deliberate homicide. We affirm.

On March 3, 1987, defendant attended a party at an apartment in Great Falls, Montana. At approximately 10:15 p.m. that night, Jess Monty Cochran (Cochran) arrived at the apartment and asked where the women were. Another person present at the party, Xavier Ortiz, answered that defendant was the closest thing to a woman at the party to imply that defendant was homosexual. Cochran proceeded to assault defendant who was…