STATE v. HEMBD

No. 81-432.

643 P.2d 567 (1982)

The STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. John Patrick HEMBD, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided April 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Adams, Billings, for defendant and appellant.

Mike Greely, Atty. Gen., Helena, Harold F. Hanser, County Atty., Billings, for plaintiff and respondent.


SHEEHY, Justice.

John Hembd was charged by information in the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, with the crime of negligent arson under section 45-6-102(1)(a), MCA. A jury found him guilty of "attempted misdemeanor negligent arson" and he appeals.

In the early evening of February 13, 1981, Hembd, who had been sitting in the lobby of the Billings Sheraton Hotel for two hours, was asked to leave by the hotel's security guard...

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