Environmental & Energy,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jun. 27, 2018
Conviction of man who killed grizzly bear vacated
A Montana man charged with violating the Endangered Species Act for killing a grizzly bear and later misplacing the carcass will be allowed to testify that he did so in self-defense, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled in vacating the conviction.
A Montana man charged with violating the Endangered Species Act after he killed a grizzly bear and misplacing the carcass will be allowed to testify that he acted in self-defense, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled in vacating the conviction.
The trial court judge erred by applying an objective belief standard as opposed to a subjective belief standard to defendant Brian Charette's claim of self-defense, the court foun...
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