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This 3 page paper is a legal briefing of the State v. Kuntz action argued before the Supreme Court of Montana in 2000. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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2. Citation 995 P.2d 951 (MT 2000) 3. Judges in the Case Justice James C. Nelson wrote this opinion. 4. History of the Case The case was heard
before the Supreme Court of the State of Montana; it was an Original Proceeding from the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District, In and for the County of Yellowstone.
On January 8, 1999, "the District Court for the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County, issued an Order denying Bonnie Kuntzs motion to dismiss or strike an amended information" (State
v. Kuntz, 2000). The information that Kuntz sought to have dismissed was in regard to her failure to render assistance to Warren Becker, whom she had stabbed (State v. Kuntz,
2000). Kuntz stated that she stabbed Becker in self-defense, and that her use of force in self-defense nullified any duty to render aid to the victim, and that because of
this, information relating to her failure to summon help should be stricken or amended. 5. Facts of the Case On April 19, 1998, Bonnie Kuntz allegedly stabbed Warren Becker in
the home they shared. They had been together for six years but were not married and their relationship was described as "stormy" (State v. Kuntz, 2000). When the Yellowstone County
Sheriffs deputies arrived at the scene, Becker was dead, having sustained a single stab wound to the chest (State v. Kuntz, 2000). Kuntz stated that she and Becker had argued
earlier that day, and both had left the trailer home; when Kuntz returned at about midnight, she found that the trailer was a mess and Becker had destroyed many of
her personal belongings (State v. Kuntz, 2000). Kuntz stated that when she went into the kitchen, Becker attacked her physically, grabbed her hair, shook her, and "slammed her into the
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