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STATE v. LaMERE

No. 97-702.

2 P.3d 204 (2000)

2000 MT 45

STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Clifford Thomas LaMERE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted June 29, 1999.

Decided February 15, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Albers (argued), Attorney at Law, Great Falls, Montana, For Appellant.

Hon. Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General; Patricia J. Jordan (argued), Assistant Attorney General; Helena, Montana, Brant S. Light, Cascade County Attorney, Great Falls, Montana, For Respondent.

Justice W. WILLIAM LEAPHART delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 At approximately 1:00 p.m. on February 21, 1997, in an alley in Great Falls, Clifford Thomas LaMere (LaMere), an indigent three-fourths Chippewa Cree Indian, stabbed and killed Steven Brownlee, a white male. The State of Montana (the State) charged LaMere with deliberate homicide. In response, LaMere argued that he had killed the victim in self-defense. On August 15, 1997, LaMere filed a pre...

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