State v. Reiner

Ralph Reiner appeals from convictions on three counts of aggravated assault rendered in the District Court of the Eighteenth Judicial District, Gallatin County, the Honorable W. W. Lessley presiding.

On the evening of November 27, 1976, George Cooper and his son Stuart visited William Brainard of Belgrade, Montana, to obtain permission for themselves and Lawrence Wilt to hunt on Brainard’s land in Gallatin County the following day. Brainard wrote a note granting them his permission. Brainard’s property is separated from public access by land owned by a Mr. Karr of Dallas, Texas. For the…