Case Name: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DONNA MARIE BISCHERT, Defendant and Appellant
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1957-03-27
Citations: 131 Mont. 608
Docket Number: No. 9708
Parties: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DONNA MARIE BISCHERT, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HARRISON and MR. JUSTICES BOTTOMLY, ANGSTMAN and ADAIR, concur.
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 131
Pages: 608–608

Head Matter:
No. 9708.
STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DONNA MARIE BISCHERT, Defendant and Appellant.
Submitted March 7, 1957.
Decided March 27, 1957.
Edward T. Dussault, Missoula, argued orally for appellant.
Arnold H. Olsen, Atty. Gen., Forrest H. Anderson, Louis For-sell, Attys. Gen., Jay M. Kurtz, Anthony F. Keast, County Attys., Missoula, for respondent. Anthony F. Keast, County Atty., and Louis Forsell, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued orally.

Opinion:
MR. JUSTICE CASTLES:
This matter is a companion case to State v. Bischert, 131 Mont. 152, 308 Pac. (2d) 969. This defendant was charged, together with her husband, John Francis Bischert, by the same information with the crime of manslaughter. This defendant was tried separately. The facts are similar in both cases. The objectionable exhibits were introduced in both cases and for the reasons stated in the opinion in State v. Bischert, 131 Mont. 152, 308 Pac. (2d) 969, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HARRISON and MR. JUSTICES BOTTOMLY, ANGSTMAN and ADAIR, concur.