STATE v. MEDICINE BULL

No. 11482.

445 P.2d 916 (1968)

The STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Fred MEDICINE BULL, Jr., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided October 18, 1968.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Wilson (argued), Hardin, for appellant.

William F. Meisburger, County Atty., Forsyth, Forrest H. Anderson, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Joslyn, Asst. Atty. Gen., (argued), James R. Beck, Asst. Atty. Gen., (argued), Helena, for respondent.


JOHN C. HARRISON, Justice.

The appellant, Fred Medicine Bull, Jr., was charged by information of first degree murder. He was tried by jury and convicted of involuntary manslaughter. From this judgment he appeals.

On July 20, 1967, the appellant a 17 year old Northern Cheyenne Indian boy, was driving his father's 1956 Ford pickup truck. He was accompanied by the decedent, Geraldine Killsnight, age 19. The decedent, who was pregnant with appellant's child, was...

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