The Supreme Court justices were persuaded that the prosecution intentionally hid evidence that was likely to have made a difference at Severson’s trial.
The Montana Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a Sidney man who was sentenced for deliberate homicide after it was proven the county attorney didn't disclose exculpatory evidence.
Kyle Severson shot Tyler Hayden outside a Sidney convenience story on July 2, 2019. A jury convicted him of mitigated deliberate homicide and a judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison. But even the judge noted the prosecutor’s handling of the case had been “a disaster,” and appellate attorneys for Severson claimed that prosecutors […] The post Montana Supreme Court overturns homicide conviction as new evidence comes to light appeared first on Daily Montanan.