State v. Azure

Defendant Robert Azure was convicted of the crime of attempted deliberate homicide following a jury trial in the District Court of Lewis and Clark County. He appeals from the judgment of conviction, denial of his motion for entry of a judgment of acquittal.

The events forming the basis of this case occured in and around the Corner Pocket-Diggins night spot in Helena during the evening of June 10, 1976.

Defendant and his friend Wayne Babcock drove to the" Corner Pocket in Babcock’s pickup after work that day. They ate supper and began drinking. While defendant played the amusement machines and…