State v. Hansen

¶ 1 Chris Leonard Hansen (Hansen) was convicted by a jury of deliberate homicide in the death of his wife, Nanette Hansen (Nanette). The District Court for the Fourth Judicial District, Mineral County, sentenced Hansen to 60 years in the Montana State Prison and declared him ineligible for parole for 30 years. From this judgment and sentence, Hansen appeals. We affirm.

¶2 Hansen raises the following issue on appeal: Whether the District Court abused its discretion when it admitted evidence of Nanette’s out-of-court statements for the purpose of establishing the corpus delicti.

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