State v. W. Cunningham

Justice Laurie McKinnon delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 A jury in Montana's Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, found William Earl Cunningham guilty of deliberate homicide committed with a dangerous weapon. The District Court sentenced Cunningham to Montana State Prison for eighty years. Cunningham appeals. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

¶ 2 Cunningham raises four issues on appeal. We restate the dispositive issue as:

Whether the District Court made numerous erroneous rulings amounting to cumulative error and requiring reversal.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND