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STATE v. JACKSON

No. DA 06-0195.

221 P.3d 1213 (2009)

2009 MT 427

STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Laurence Dean JACKSON, Jr., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Robert M. Peterson; Peterson Law Office; Havre, Montana, Jeffrey T. Renz; Clinical Professor of Law, University of Montana; Missoula, Montana.

For Appellee: Hon. Steve Bullock, Montana Attorney General; Jonathan M. Krauss, Assistant Attorney General; Helena, Montana, Don Ranstrum; Blaine County Attorney; Chinook, Montana.

Justice JIM RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 On the night of May 29, 2003, a sheriff's deputy pursued Laurence Dean Jackson, Jr., on foot through a dark field near Harlem, Montana. A second deputy joined the pursuit and, after a struggle with Jackson, one deputy was left dead and the other wounded from gunshots. The State charged Jackson with deliberate homicide and attempted deliberate homicide of the deputies, and sought the death penalty for the...

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