William Earl Cunningham was convicted in Aug. 2020 of deliberate homicide in the 2014 death of 40-year-old
Nathan Horn. It was the second time Cunningham was convicted for killing Horn.
BREAKING NEWS: William Cunningham was found guilty for the deliberate homicide of Nathan Horn in 2014. Cunningham was initially found guilty in 2015, but was granted a re-trial in 2018.
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The Montana Supreme Court overturned Cunningham’s 2015 conviction and initial 80-year sentence, granting him a new trial after the court reasoned that he was denied the opportunity to question the background and credibility of one of the prosecution’s witnesses. The court also found that Cunningham was not permitted to testify about the circumstances that may have supported his self-defense plea, including why he may have had reason to fear Horn.